Old English · verb

freosan

Normalised frēosan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class II
IPA: /ˈfre͜oː.sɑn/
[ˈfre͜oː.zɑn]
Syllables: ˈfre͜oː · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: freeze

Meaning

to freeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of freosan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	frēose	frēas
2nd singular	frīest	frure
3rd singular	frīest	frēas
Plural	frēosaþ	fruron
Subjunctive
Singular	frēose	frure
Plural	frēosen	fruren

Non-finite forms of freosan
	Form
Infinitive	frēosan
Inflected infinitive	frēosenne
Imperative singular	frēos
Imperative plural	frēosaþ
Present participle	frēosende
Past participle	froren ġefroren

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze, frost”). Cognate with Old Frisian *friāsa, Old Saxon friosan, Old Dutch *friesan, Old High German friosan, Old Norse frjósa, and with Latin pruīna (“hoar-frost”).

Descendants

freeze

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