fryen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)-g-; compare fryture (“fritter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfriːən/

Verb

fryen (third-person singular simple present fryeth, present participle fryinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fryedaccel-form=1//3|s|past|ind)

  1. To fry (cook in hot fat)
  2. (figurative, rare) To burn to death.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fryen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) fryen, frye
present tense past tense
1st-person singular frye fryed
2nd-person singular fryest fryedest
3rd-person singular fryeth fryed
subjunctive singular frye
imperative singular —
plural1 fryen, frye fryeden, fryede
imperative plural fryeth, frye —
participles fryynge, fryende fryed, yfryed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: fry
  • Scots: fry
  • → Irish: frioch, priáil
  • → Cornish: fria
  • → Welsh: ffrio

References

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