fräjst
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse freista, from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [frɛ̀st], [frɛ̀ɪ̯st], [frɑ̀ɪ̯st]
- Rhymes: -èɪst
Verb
fräjst (preterite fräjstä)
- (transitive) to fraist; to try[1]
- Hav du frästä kniven?
- Have you tried the knife?
- Han frästä no mait, men fikk int na’n fisk
- He tried to angle, but did not get any fish.
- Hav du frästä kniven?
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Fräjst el. fräst”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 164