Frigenes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Frigenes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: frignes, -ness, -nyss, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 frigenes

f. [frigen asked, pp. of fricgan to ask; ness, -ness] An asking, inquiry, a question; inrerrogatio, quæstio :-- þurh his geornfulle frigenesse repĕtīta interrogātiōne, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 4. Wæs Édwine bealdra geworden on ðære frignesse Edwin was become bolder on that inquiry, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 10. Be monigum frignyssum ða ðe him nýdþearflíce gesewen wǽron de eis quæ necessāriæ vĭdēbantur quæstiōnĭbus, 1. 27; S. 488, 33. DER. ge-frignys. frige-nes,frigenes

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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