friste
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish fræstæ, from Old Norse freista, from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną, a North Germanic variant of *fraisōną.
Verb edit
friste (past tense fristede, past participle fristet)
- to tempt
Conjugation edit
Inflection of friste
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Etymology 2 edit
From German fristen (“to live”), derived from the noun Frist (“term”). Compare Old Norse fresta (“to postpone”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
friste (past tense fristede, past participle fristet)
- to live (with objects like en kummerlig tilværelse (“a miserable life”))