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frinan

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Grammar
frinan, part. frinnende; ic frine, ðú frinest, he frineþ, pl. frinaþ; p. ic, he fran, ðú frune, pl. frunon, frunnon; impert. frin, pl. frinaþ; subj. pres. frine, pl. frinen; p. frune, pl. frunen; pp. frunen
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §321;
To ask, inquire, consult; interrŏgāre, sciscĭtāri, consŭlĕre
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  • Se gesíþ ongan hine frinan, for hwon hine mon gebindan ne mihte

    cŏmes eum inierrŏgāre cæpit quāre lĭlgāri non posset,

    • Bd. 4, 22
      • ;
    • S. 591, 24: Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 495: Beo. Th. 708
      • ;
    • B. 351.

  • Me sylfum frinnendum

    mihimet sciscĭtanti,

    • Bd. 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 587, 26.

  • Ne frine ic ðé for tǽle

    I ask thee not for blame,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1265
      • ;
    • An. 633.

  • Ic frine ðé

    consŭlo te,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 86
      • ;
    • Som. 74, 15
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 49, 38.

  • Hwæt frinest ðú me

    what askest thou of me?

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1257
      • ;
    • An. 629.

  • Frineþ he hwǽr se man síe

    he will ask where the man is,

    • Rood Kmbl. 221
      • ;
    • Kr.112: Salm. Kmbl. 117
      • ;
    • Sal. 58.

  • Ða ic nyste hí frunon me

    quæ ignōrā;bam interrŏgābant me,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 34, 13: Ps. Th. 136, 3.

  • Mid ðý hine frunnon his geferan, for hwon he ðis dyde

    cum interrŏgārētur a suis, quāre hoc făcĕret,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 16.

  • Ne frin ðú æfter sǽlum

    ask thou not after happiness,

    • Beo. Th. 2648
      • ;
    • B. 1322.

  • Frine

    me interrŏga me,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 20.

  • Ðæt heó hí frune hwæt hí sóhton

    that she asked, them what they sought,

    • Bd. 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 531, 39: Nar. 28, 22.
Derived forms
be-frinan, ge-
Similar entries
v. frignan.
Linked entries
v.  FRIGNAN.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “frinan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12409.

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