fryen

Middle English

Alternative forms

frien, frye, fryyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)-g-; compare fryture (“fritter”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfriːən/

Verb

fryen (third-person singular simple present fryeth, present participle fryinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fryed)

To fry (cook in hot fat)
(figurative, rare) To burn to death.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fryen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) fryen, frye
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	frye	fryed
2nd-person singular	fryest	fryedest
3rd-person singular	fryeth	fryed
subjunctive singular	frye	fryed
imperative singular	frye	—

plural¹	fryen, frye	fryeden, fryede
imperative plural	fryeth, frye	—

participles	fryinge, fryende	fryed, yfryed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: fry
Scots: fry
→ Irish: priáil

References

“frīen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.