See also: frjosa

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse frjósa, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-, *prus-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

frjósa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fraus, third-person plural past indicative frusu, supine frosið)

  1. (intransitive) to freeze

Conjugation edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *freusaną, whence also Old English frēosan, Old Saxon and Old High German friosan. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prews-, *prus-.

Verb edit

frjósa (singular past indicative fraus, plural past indicative fruru, past participle frosinn)

  1. to freeze
    Synonym: kala

Conjugation edit

Alternatively, in the Old Icelandic dialect, this verb can receive a weak inflection pattern in its past tenses. See also kjósa for this.

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: frjósa
  • Faroese: frosin (adj) (via past participle)
  • Jamtish: frýse
  • Elfdalian: friuosa
  • Old Swedish: frȳsa
  • Old Danish: frȳsæ
  • Gutnish: frausa, frause

References edit

  • frjósa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press