𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽

From 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) +‎ 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈfrɛhnan/

𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 • (gafraihnan) (perfective)

1. to ask after, ask about
   • Romans 10:20:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌹̈𐌰𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌹𐌸: 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌼𐌹𐌺 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼, 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌼𐌹𐌺 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼.

     iþ ēsaïas anananþeiþ jah qiþiþ: bigitans warþ þaim mik ni gasōkjandam, swikunþs warþ þaim mik ni gafraihnandam.

     But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. (KJV)

2. to find out (by asking)
   • Mark 2:1:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌺𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌼 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐍃𐍄.

     jah galaiþ aftra in kafarnaum afar dagans, jah gafrēhun þatei in garda ist.

     And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. (KJV)

     (literally, “…and they found out that he was in the house.”)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 36