frýsa

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Icelandic

Etymology

Related to Russian пры́скать (prýskatʹ), Proto-Slavic *pryskati (to sprinkle, to splash).

Pronunciation

Verb

frýsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative frýsaði, supine frýsað)

  1. (intransitive, of horses) to snort
    Synonyms: fnæsa, fnasa

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прыскать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress