"frefran" meaning in Old English

See frefran in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfreːf.rɑn/, [ˈfreːv.rɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to console, comfort”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*frōbrijan|t=to console, comfort}} Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to console, comfort”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|frēfran}} frēfran Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|frēfran<w1>}} Forms: frēfran [canonical], weak [table-tags], frēfran [infinitive], frēfrenne [infinitive], frēfre [first-person, present, singular], frēfrede [first-person, past, singular], frēfrest [present, second-person, singular], frēfredest [past, second-person, singular], frēfreþ [present, singular, third-person], frēfrede [past, singular, third-person], frēfraþ [plural, present], frēfredon [past, plural], frēfre [present, singular], frēfrede [past, singular], frēfren [plural, present], frēfreden [past, plural], frēfre [imperative, past, present, singular], frēfraþ [imperative, past, plural, present], frēfrende [imperative, present], frēfred [imperative, past], ġefrēfred [imperative, past]
  1. to comfort, console, soothe Synonyms: frœ̄fran Derived forms: āfrēfran, frēfrung, ġefrēfran Related terms: frēfrian, frōfor, frōfrian
    Sense id: en-frefran-ang-verb-UZUFIn79 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "frefrien",
            "3": "frefren",
            "4": "frevren"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: frefrien, frefren, frevren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: frefrien, frefren, frevren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "frevrenesse",
            "3": "frievrenesse",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle English: frevrenesse, frievrenesse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle English: frevrenesse, frievrenesse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*frōbrijan",
        "t": "to console, comfort"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to console, comfort”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to console, comfort”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frēfran",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfran",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfredest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfreþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfredon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfreden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfred",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefrēfred",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēfran"
      },
      "expansion": "frēfran",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēfran<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "āfrēfran"
        },
        {
          "word": "frēfrung"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġefrēfran"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "or friendless me would soothe,\nallure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,\nhow tough is sorrow as a companion,\nto whom little has dear confidants for himself.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,\nwēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,\nhū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,\nþām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to comfort, console, soothe"
      ],
      "id": "en-frefran-ang-verb-UZUFIn79",
      "links": [
        [
          "comfort",
          "comfort"
        ],
        [
          "console",
          "console"
        ],
        [
          "soothe",
          "soothe"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "frēfrian"
        },
        {
          "word": "frōfor"
        },
        {
          "word": "frōfrian"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "frœ̄fran"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfreːf.rɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfreːv.rɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frefran"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "āfrēfran"
    },
    {
      "word": "frēfrung"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġefrēfran"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "frefrien",
            "3": "frefren",
            "4": "frevren"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: frefrien, frefren, frevren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: frefrien, frefren, frevren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "frevrenesse",
            "3": "frievrenesse",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle English: frevrenesse, frievrenesse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle English: frevrenesse, frievrenesse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*frōbrijan",
        "t": "to console, comfort"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to console, comfort”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to console, comfort”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frēfran",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfran",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfredest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfreþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfredon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfreden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfrende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēfred",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefrēfred",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēfran"
      },
      "expansion": "frēfran",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēfran<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "frēfrian"
    },
    {
      "word": "frōfor"
    },
    {
      "word": "frōfrian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "or friendless me would soothe,\nallure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,\nhow tough is sorrow as a companion,\nto whom little has dear confidants for himself.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,\nwēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,\nhū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,\nþām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to comfort, console, soothe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comfort",
          "comfort"
        ],
        [
          "console",
          "console"
        ],
        [
          "soothe",
          "soothe"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfreːf.rɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfreːv.rɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "frœ̄fran"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frefran"
}

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