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frjósa

frjósa

Icelandic

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 frusu, past participle frosinn)

  1. to freeze

Descendants

  • Icelandic: frjósa
  • Faroese: frosin (adjective from the past participle)
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): frjosa
  • Danish: fryse
  • Swedish: frysa
  • Elfdalian: friuosa