"frine" meaning in English

See frine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: frines [present, singular, third-person], frining [participle, present], frined [participle, past], frined [past]
Etymology: Of North Germanic origin, akin to Swedish dialectal fryna (“to wrinkle up one's nose, make a wry face”), Norwegian frøyna (“to wrinkle up one's nose, make a wry face”). Perhaps related to frown. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gmq}} North Germanic, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{cog|no|frøyna||to wrinkle up one's nose, make a wry face}} Norwegian frøyna (“to wrinkle up one's nose, make a wry face”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} frine (third-person singular simple present frines, present participle frining, simple past and past participle frined)
  1. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To grumble, whine, or whimper; fret; show discontent; murmur; complain. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-frine-en-verb-PpNuQTQG Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 38 26

Inflected forms

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