fregna

From Old Norse fregna, from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛkna/
• Rhymes: -ɛkna

fregna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fregnaði, supine fregnað)

1. to hear, to learn [with accusative]

   Synonym: frétta

   Ég hef fregnað að hann er að fara til Þýskalands.

   I've heard that he is going to Germany.

• fregn

The origin is unknown. Perhaps from Latin fricāre, with -gn- under the influence of frangere.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreɲ.ɲa/
• Rhymes: -eɲɲa
• Hyphenation: fré‧gna

fregna f (plural fregne)

1. (vulgar) cunt

   Synonyms: vulva, gnocca

2. nonsense, crap

• fregnaccia (“lie”)
• fregnacciaro (“liar”)

• frange

• fregnen

fregna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of fregne

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrej.nɑ/

freġna

1. (Northumbrian) alternative form of friġnan (“to ask”)

From Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.

fregna (singular past indicative frá, plural past indicative frágu, past participle freginn)

1. to hear, to be informed of, to learn [with accusative]
2. to ask, to request [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘for something’]

   fregna einhvern ráðs

   to ask someone's advice

   (literally, “to ask someone for advice”)

• Icelandic: fregna
• Old Swedish: fræghna

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fregna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

• farina (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• frina (Sursilvan)

From Latin farīna (“flour, meal”).

fregna f (plural fregnas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) flour