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frigenes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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frigenes, frignes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [frigen asked, pp. of fricgan to ask; ness, -ness]
An asking, inquiry, a question; inrerrogatio, quæstio
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  • þurh his geornfulle frigenesse

    repĕtīta interrogātiōne,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 631, 4.
  • Wæs Édwine bealdra geworden on ðære frignesse

    Edwin was become bolder on that inquiry,

    • Bd. 2, 12
    • ;
    • S. 514, 10.
  • Be monigum frignyssum ða ðe him nýdþearflíce gesewen wǽron

    de eis quæ necessāriæ vĭdēbantur quæstiōnĭbus,

    • 1. 27
    • ;
    • S. 488, 33.
Derived forms
ge-frignys
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v.  frignes.
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  • frigenes, n.