frægn

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to the verb frignan (“to ask”), from Proto-West Germanic *fregnan. Compare Old High German frāgan and frāga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fræjn/

Noun

fræġn n

  1. question
  2. inquiry, interrogation

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fræġn fræġn
accusative fræġn fræġn
genitive fræġnes fræġna
dative fræġne fræġnum

Synonyms

Verb

fræġn

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of friġnan

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: fraign, frayn
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