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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fraistōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
A North Germanic variant of *fraisōną. Both forms have replaced the strong verb *fraisaną still extant in Gothic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸrɑi̯s.tɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*fraistōną
- to attempt, to try
Inflection
Conjugation of *fraistōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fraistō | *fraistǭ | — | *fraistōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *fraistōsi | *fraistōs | *fraistō | *fraistōsai | *fraistōsau |
| 3rd singular | *fraistōþi | *fraistō | *fraistōþau | *fraistōþai | *fraistōþau |
| 1st dual | *fraistōs | *fraistōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fraistōþiz | *fraistōþiz | *fraistōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fraistōmaz | *fraistōm | — | *fraistōnþai | *fraistōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *fraistōþ | *fraistōþ | *fraistōþ | *fraistōnþai | *fraistōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *fraistōnþi | *fraistōn | *fraistōnþau | *fraistōnþai | *fraistōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fraistōdǭ | *fraistōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fraistōdēz | *fraistōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fraistōdē | *fraistōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *fraistōdēdū | *fraistōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fraistōdēdudiz | *fraistōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fraistōdēdum | *fraistōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fraistōdēdud | *fraistōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fraistōdēdun | *fraistōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fraistōndz | *fraistōdaz | |||
Related terms
- *fraisaną
- *fraisō
- *fraisōną
Descendants
- Old Norse: freista
- Icelandic: freista
- Old Swedish: fresta
- Swedish: fresta
- Old Danish: fræstæ
- Danish: friste
- → Norwegian: friste
- Danish: friste