freosan

Irish

Pronoun

freosan

1. third-person plural emphatic of fré

Old English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre͜oː.sɑn/, [ˈfre͜oː.zɑn]
• Rhymes: -e͜oː.sɑn

Verb

frēosan

1. to freeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of frēosan (strong, class II)

infinitive	frēosan	frēosenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	frēose	frēas
second person singular	frīest	frure
third person singular	frīest	frēas
plural	frēosaþ	fruron
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	frēose	frure
plural	frēosen	fruren
imperative
singular	frēos
plural	frēosaþ
participle	present	past
	frēosende	(ġe)froren

Descendants

• Middle English: fresen, freese, frese, freosen
  • English: freeze
    • → Maltese: ffriża
  • Scots: frese