frasian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fraisōn, 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 mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	frāsiġe	frāsode
second person singular	frāsast	frāsodest
third person singular	frāsaþ	frāsode
plural	frāsiaþ	frāsodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	frāsiġe	frāsode
plural	frāsiġen	frāsoden
imperative
singular	frāsa
plural	frāsiaþ
participle	present	past
	frāsiende	(ġe)frāsod

Derived terms

• frāsung
• ġefrāsian

Descendants

• Middle English: fraisen
  • Scots: fraise, fraize, phrase
  • English: fraise

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “frāsian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.