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frain

verb
/ˈfɹeɪn/US

Etymology

From Middle English fraynen, freinen (“to ask”), from Old English freġnan, friġnan (“to ask, inquire, learn”), from Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”). Cognates Cognate with Icelandic fregna (“to ask, inquire”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan, “to ask”). Related also to Dutch vragen (“to ask”), German fragen (“to ask”), Norwegian frega (“to ask”), Latin precor (“ask, beseech”), Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛccháti, “to ask”), Lithuanian prašyti (“to request”), Polish prosić (“to request”).

  1. inherited from *preḱ-✻
  2. inherited from *frehnaną✻
  3. inherited from *fregnan✻
  4. inherited from freġnan
  5. inherited from fraynen

Definitions

  1. To ask, inquire.

    • Ones yet agayne Of you I wolde frayne, Why come ye nat to court ?
    • Theyr myndes disdayne: Gods actes to frain …

  2. A surname from Old French.

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