freosan

Irish

Pronoun

freosan

  1. third-person plural emphatic of fré

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze, frost”). Cognate with Old Frisian *friāsa, Old Saxon friosan, Old Dutch *friesan, Old High German friosan, Old Norse frjósa, and with Latin pruīna (“hoar-frost”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfre͜oː.sɑn/, [ˈfre͜oː.zɑn]

Verb

frēosan

  1. to freeze

Conjugation
Conjugation of frēosan (strong class 2)
infinitive frēosan frēosenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular frēose frēas
second person singular frīest frure
third person singular frīest frēas
plural frēosaþ fruron
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular frēose frure
plural frēosen fruren
imperative
singular frēos
plural frēosaþ
participle present past
frēosende (ġe)froren

Descendants
  • Middle English: fresen, freese, frese, freosen
    • English: freeze
    • Scots: frese
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