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ge-frignan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-frignan, -fringan; p. -frægn, -fregn, pl. -frugnon; pp. -frugnen.
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
to ask; interrogare
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  • Ðá Euan gefrægn ælmihtig God

    then almighty God asked Eve,

    • Cd. 42; Th. 54, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 887
      • .
to learn by asking, hear of
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  • Ðá gefrægn Higeláces ðegn Grendles dǽda

    when Hygelac's thane heard of Grendel's deeds,

    • Beo. Th. 390
      • ;
    • B. 194
      • : 1155;
    • B. 595
      • .

  • Eác we ðæt gefrugnon

    also we have heard that,

    • Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 301 : 100 a; Th. 378, 11
      • ;
    • Deór. 14
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 343
      • ;
    • El. 172
      • .

  • Swá guman gefrungon

    as men have heard,

    • Beo. Th. 1337
      • ;
    • B. 666
      • .

  • Hæbbe ic gefrugnen

    I have heard,

    • Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 1
      • .

  • Ðá ic néðan gefrægn hæleþ to hilde

    then I heard that heroes went daringly to war,

    • Cd. 95; Th. 124, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 2060 : 92; Th. 118, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 1960
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 148
      • ;
    • B. 74 : 4961
      • ;
    • B. 2484
      • .

  • Gefregn,

    • Cd. 224; Th. 298, 1
      • ;
    • Sat. 526
      • .

  • Gefregen,

    • 218, Th. 278, 21
      • ;
    • Sat. 225
      • .

  • Ne gefrægen ic ða mǽgðe sél gebæran

    never have I heard of the tribe bearing itself better,

    • Beo. Th. 2026
      • ;
    • B. 1011
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-fregnan
.]
Similar entries
v. ge-frægnan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-frægnan ge-frinan ge-fregnan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-frignan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14434.

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