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Old English · verb

frignan

Normalised friġnan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈfrij.nɑn/
Syllables
ˈfrij · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
frainpray

Meaning

  1. to ask, pray

Conjugation

Conjugation of frignan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular friġnefræġn
2nd singular friġnestfriġnstfrugne
3rd singular friġneþfriġnþfræġn
Plural friġnaþfrugnon
Subjunctive
Singular friġnefrugne
Plural friġnenfrugnen
Non-finite forms of frignan
Form
Infinitive friġnan
Inflected infinitive friġnenne
Imperative singular friġn
Imperative plural friġnaþ
Present participle friġnende
Past participle frugnenġefrugnen

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, Proto-Germanic *frehnaną. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon fregnan, Old Norse fregna, Gothic (fraihnan), and related to Old High German frāga (German Frage). The Indo-European root also gave Old Persian (a-p-r-s-m /⁠aparsam⁠/, “I asked”), Old Irish arcaid, Middle Welsh archaf, Old Armenian հարց (harcʻ), Tocharian A prak-, Tocharian B prek-.

Descendants

frain

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