frjósa

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See also: frjosa

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to freeze

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to freeze
    Synonym: kala

Conjugation

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

Descendants

References

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