frasian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fraisōną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɑː.si.ɑn/, [ˈfrɑː.zi.ɑn]

Verb

frāsian

  1. to ask, inquire, interrogate
  2. to try, tempt

Conjugation
Conjugation of frāsian (weak class 2)
infinitive frāsian frāsienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular frāsiġe frāsode
2nd-person singular frāsast frāsodest
3rd-person singular frāsaþ frāsode
plural frāsiaþ frāsodon
subjunctive present past
singular frāsiġe frāsode
plural frāsiġen frāsoden
imperative
singular frāsa
plural frāsiaþ
participle present past
frāsiende (ġe)frāsod

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: fraisen

References
  • frāsian in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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