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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈfrij.nɑn/
Rhymes: -ij.nɑn Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, Proto-Germanic *frehnaną. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon fregnan, Old Norse fregna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan), and related to Old High German frāga (German Frage). The Indo-European root also gave Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶 (a-p-r-s-m /⁠aparsam⁠/, “I asked”), Old Irish arcaid, Middle Welsh archaf, Old Armenian հարց (harcʻ), Tocharian A prak-, Tocharian B prek-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fregnan}} Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*frehnaną}} Proto-Germanic *frehnaną, {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|osx|fregnan}} Old Saxon fregnan, {{cog|non|fregna}} Old Norse fregna, {{cog|got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan), {{cog|goh|frāga}} Old High German frāga, {{cog|de|Frage}} German Frage, {{cog|peo|𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶||I asked|ts=aparsam}} Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶 (a-p-r-s-m /⁠aparsam⁠/, “I asked”), {{cog|sga|arcaid}} Old Irish arcaid, {{cog|wlm|archaf}} Middle Welsh archaf, {{cog|xcl|հարց}} Old Armenian հարց (harcʻ), {{cog|xto|prak-}} Tocharian A prak-, {{cog|txb|prek-}} Tocharian B prek- Head templates: {{ang-verb|friġnan}} friġnan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|friġnan<s3>}} Forms: friġnan [canonical], strong [table-tags], friġnan [infinitive], friġnenne [infinitive], friġne [first-person, present, singular], fræġn [first-person, past, singular], friġnest [present, second-person, singular], friġnst [present, second-person, singular], frugne [past, second-person, singular], friġneþ [present, singular, third-person], friġnþ [present, singular, third-person], fræġn [past, singular, third-person], friġnaþ [plural, present], frugnon [past, plural], friġne [present, singular], frugne [past, singular], friġnen [plural, present], frugnen [past, plural], friġn [imperative, past, present, singular], friġnaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], friġnende [imperative, present], frugnen [imperative, past], ġefrugnen [imperative, past], fræġnan [alternative], freġnan [alternative], frīnan [alternative], freġna [alternative]
  1. to ask, pray Derived forms: befriġnan, ġefriġnan
    Sense id: en-frignan-ang-verb-djMkItcT Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "fraynen"
    },
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          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
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          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
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      "word": "frain"
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        },
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "fraine"
    },
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          "lang": "English",
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          "word": "frain"
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
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          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "frainen"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
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          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "frayn"
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        {
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          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "frayne"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "freinen"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "freyne"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "fræine"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "fræinien"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Early Middle English"
      ],
      "word": "vraini"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "tags": [
        "Ormulum"
      ],
      "word": "fraȝȝnenn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*fregnan",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fregnan"
    ],
    [
      "*frehnaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frehnaną"
    ],
    [
      "fregnan",
      "fregnan#Old_Saxon"
    ],
    [
      "fregna",
      "fregna#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽",
      "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽#Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "frāga",
      "fraga#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "Frage",
      "Frage#German"
    ],
    [
      "𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶",
      "𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶#Old_Persian"
    ],
    [
      "arcaid",
      "arcaid#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "archaf",
      "archaf#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "հարց",
      "հարց#Old_Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "prak-",
      "prak-#Tocharian_A"
    ],
    [
      "prek-",
      "prek-#Tocharian_B"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fregnan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fregnan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frehnaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frehnaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "cog"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognates",
      "name": "col-top"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fregnan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fregnan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "fregna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fregna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "frāga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German frāga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Frage"
      },
      "expansion": "German Frage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I asked",
        "ts": "aparsam"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶 (a-p-r-s-m /⁠aparsam⁠/, “I asked”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "arcaid"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish arcaid",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "archaf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh archaf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "հարց"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian հարց (harcʻ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "prak-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A prak-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "prek-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B prek-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.\nCognates\nCognate with Old Saxon fregnan, Old Norse fregna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan), and related to Old High German frāga (German Frage). The Indo-European root also gave Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶 (a-p-r-s-m /⁠aparsam⁠/, “I asked”), Old Irish arcaid, Middle Welsh archaf, Old Armenian հարց (harcʻ), Tocharian A prak-, Tocharian B prek-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "friġnan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "III",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnan",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnan",
          "frignan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnenne",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnenne",
          "frignenne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġne",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġne",
          "frigne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fræġn",
      "links": [
        [
          "fræġn",
          "frægn#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnest",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnest",
          "frignest#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnst",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnst",
          "frignst#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġneþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġneþ",
          "frigneþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnþ",
          "frignþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fræġn",
      "links": [
        [
          "fræġn",
          "frægn#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnaþ",
          "frignaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugnon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġne",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġne",
          "frigne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnen",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnen",
          "frignen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġn",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġn",
          "frign#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnaþ",
          "frignaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnende",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnende",
          "frignende#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefrugnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fræġnan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freġnan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frīnan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freġna",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "friġnan"
      },
      "expansion": "friġnan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "friġnan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "befriġnan"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġefriġnan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask, pray"
      ],
      "id": "en-frignan-ang-verb-djMkItcT",
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrij.nɑn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ij.nɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frignan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "befriġnan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġefriġnan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "fraynen"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "frain"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "fraine"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "frainen"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "frayn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "frayne"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "freinen"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "freyne"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "fræine"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "fræinien"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Early Middle English"
      ],
      "word": "vraini"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frane"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frayne"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "tags": [
        "Ormulum"
      ],
      "word": "fraȝȝnenn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*fregnan",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fregnan"
    ],
    [
      "*frehnaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frehnaną"
    ],
    [
      "fregnan",
      "fregnan#Old_Saxon"
    ],
    [
      "fregna",
      "fregna#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽",
      "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽#Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "frāga",
      "fraga#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "Frage",
      "Frage#German"
    ],
    [
      "𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶",
      "𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶#Old_Persian"
    ],
    [
      "arcaid",
      "arcaid#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "archaf",
      "archaf#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "հարց",
      "հարց#Old_Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "prak-",
      "prak-#Tocharian_A"
    ],
    [
      "prek-",
      "prek-#Tocharian_B"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fregnan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fregnan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frehnaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frehnaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "cog"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognates",
      "name": "col-top"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fregnan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fregnan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "fregna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fregna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "frāga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German frāga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Frage"
      },
      "expansion": "German Frage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I asked",
        "ts": "aparsam"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶 (a-p-r-s-m /⁠aparsam⁠/, “I asked”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "arcaid"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish arcaid",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "archaf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh archaf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "հարց"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian հարց (harcʻ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "prak-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A prak-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "prek-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B prek-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.\nCognates\nCognate with Old Saxon fregnan, Old Norse fregna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan), and related to Old High German frāga (German Frage). The Indo-European root also gave Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶 (a-p-r-s-m /⁠aparsam⁠/, “I asked”), Old Irish arcaid, Middle Welsh archaf, Old Armenian հարց (harcʻ), Tocharian A prak-, Tocharian B prek-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "friġnan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "III",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnan",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnan",
          "frignan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnenne",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnenne",
          "frignenne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġne",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġne",
          "frigne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fræġn",
      "links": [
        [
          "fræġn",
          "frægn#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnest",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnest",
          "frignest#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnst",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnst",
          "frignst#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġneþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġneþ",
          "frigneþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnþ",
          "frignþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fræġn",
      "links": [
        [
          "fræġn",
          "frægn#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnaþ",
          "frignaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugnon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġne",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġne",
          "frigne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnen",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnen",
          "frignen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġn",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġn",
          "frign#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnaþ",
          "frignaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friġnende",
      "links": [
        [
          "friġnende",
          "frignende#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frugnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefrugnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fræġnan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freġnan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frīnan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freġna",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "friġnan"
      },
      "expansion": "friġnan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "friġnan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 3 strong verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Old English/ij.nɑn",
        "Rhymes:Old English/ij.nɑn/2 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask, pray"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrij.nɑn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ij.nɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frignan"
}

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