fraist
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English fraisten, freisten, frasten, from Old Norse freista (“to try, tempt, make trial of”), from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną (“to try”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”). Cognate with Icelandic freista (“to tempt”), Swedish fresta (“to try, tempt, tantalise”), Danish friste (“to try, tempt”), Old English frāsian (“to ask, inquire, tempt, try”). More at fraise.
Verb
editfraist (third-person singular simple present fraists, present participle fraisting, simple past and past participle fraisted)
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).
- (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To learn by trial; experience.
- (transitive, obsolete) To seek to learn; ask; inquire.
- (transitive, obsolete) To seek; be eager for; desire.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go forth on an expedition; sally forth.
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editfraist (plural fraists)
- A test; test of strength or will power; an attack
- Þis castel es of loue and grace..Of enmye dredis it na fraist. — Cursor Mundi
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