A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Freuren, v. to comfort, S.—­AS. frA(C)frian.  See Frofren.

Fri-dA|i, sb.  Friday, the week-day sacred to Friga, the AS. name of a Teutonic goddess having attributes similar to those of the Roman Venus, S; fridai, MD.—.AS. Frige-dA|g.

Frie, sb. the wife of Woden, MD.—­AS. Friga; see Grimm, Teut.  M., p. 299.

Frien, v. to fry, MD; i-fri3*et, pp., S2; fryed, PP; yfryed, PP.—­OF. frire; Lat. frigere.

Frigt, sb. fright, MD; fri3*t, MD.—­AS. fyrhto.

Frigten, v. to fear, also to alarm, MD; fricht, pp., S3.—­AS. forhtian, pp. forht.

Frigti, adj. timid, S.—­Comb.:  frigti luue, reverence, S.

Frigtihed, sb. alarm, S.

Frigtilike, adv. timidly, S.

FriA deg., sb. peace, security, deer-park, forest, wood, S, S2, PP, HD; fryth, S2, PP.—­AS. friA deg.; cp.  OHG. fridu (OtfrAd).

FriA deg.ien, v. to free, protect, spare, MD; frAA deg.ie, S; frithed, pp., enclosed, P.—­AS. (ge) friA deg.ian, to protect.

Fro, prep. from, S, S2, C2, PP; froo, PP; fra, S, S2, S3. Comb.:  frathine, from thence, S3, B; fraward, away from, forward, S2, MD; frawart, S3.—­AS. fram, Icel. frAi.  Cf. Fram.

Frofre, sb. comfort, MD; frouer, S; froure, S, MD.—­AS. frA cubedfor.

Frofren, v. to comfort, S; frouren, S; frefrien, MD; freureA deg., pr. s., S.—­AS. frA cubedfrian, frA(C)frian.

Frogge, sb. frog, S, Voc.; frock, HD; froggen, pl., S; frogges, MD.—­AS. frocga.

Froit; see Frut.

Frokke, sb. frock, PP, MD; frogge, PP; froggis, pl., B.—­OF. froc (Cotg.); cp.  Low Lat. frocus, flocus, see Ducange.  For interchange of fr and fl cf. Frounce.

Frosche, sb. frog, Voc.; froske, MD, H; froskes, pl., MD; froskis, H; frosses, MD.—­AS. frox; cp.  Icel. froskr.

Froten, v. to rub, MD, H; frotynge, pr. p., W; frotyng, grating, S2; yfroted, pp., S2.—­OF. froter:  It. frettare:  Lat. frictum, from fricare; see Constans.

FroA deg.e, sb. froth, foam, MD, Prompt.; forA3/4e, S2.—­Icel. froA deg.a, frauA deg.; cp.  Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga.

Frothen, v. to froth, C, MD.

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