Infinitive
fraynen; to fraynen; frayne
Participles
| Present | fraynende; fraynynge |
| Past | frayned; yfrayned |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | frayne |
| 2nd sing. | fraynest |
| 3rd sing. | frayneth |
| 1st plur. | fraynen; frayne; frayneth |
| 2nd plur. | fraynen; frayne; frayneth |
| 3rd plur. | fraynen; frayne; frayneth |
Past
| 1st sing. | frayned; fraynede |
| 2nd sing. | fraynedest |
| 3rd sing. | frayned; fraynede |
| 1st plur. | frayneden; frayned; fraynede |
| 2nd plur. | frayneden; frayned; fraynede |
| 3rd plur. | frayneden; frayned; fraynede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | frayne |
| 2nd sing. | frayne |
| 3rd sing. | frayne |
Past
| 1st sing. | frayned; fraynede |
| 2nd sing. | frayned; fraynede |
| 3rd sing. | frayned; fraynede |
Imperative
| Singular | frayne |
| Plural | frayneth; frayne |
Verbs conjugated like fraynen
synnen,
syften,
serven,
snoren,
snesen,
sighen,
skewen,
wondren,
symulen,
blosmen,
blissen,
suffisen,
blessen,
damagen,
daunten,
dauncen,
gamenen,
plukken,
wratthen,
snarken, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old English fræġnian, variant of freġnan, friġnan (“to inquire, ask”), from Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną; reinforced by Old Norse fregna.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Middle Dutch vrāghen (“to ask”), Middle High German vrāgen (“to ask”), Old Danish fregne (“to ask”), Lithuanian prašyti (“to ask”), Polish prosić (“to ask”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*frehnaną', Middle High German '
vrāgen', Danish '
fregne', Lithuanian '
prašyti'.
Verbs referencing "fraynen"
English
frain, Scots
frain.
Sample Sentences
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I frained fast what was his name, Where that he came, from what country. [fifteenth century, unknown author, The prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer]
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Þanne I frained hir faire · for hym þat hir made. or Then I frayned at Faith what all that fare meant and who should joust in Jerusalem. [c. 1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:]
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She fraineth and she prayeth pitously To every Jew that dwelt in thilke place To tell her if her child went ought forby. [c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:]
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[Joseph:] Bot certys, mary, I rew full sore / It standys so with the[e] now. / Bot of a thyng frayn the[e] I shall / who owe this child thou gose with all? / Maria. Syr, ye, and god of heuen. (Joseph: But Mary, I very much regret that circumstances are as they are with you. But one thing I will ask you: Who's child is this that you are pregnant with? / Mary: You, sir, and God of heaven.) [15th c., “Annunciacio [Annunciation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 91, lines 183–187:]
Cognates
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