Irish edit

Pronoun edit

freosan

  1. third-person plural emphatic of fré

Old English edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Verb edit

frēosan

  1. to freeze

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

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