Fréfrian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fréfrian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fréfrian
- p. ode, ade; pp. od To comfort, console; consōlāri :-- Ðæt hig woldon hí fréfrian ut consōlārentur eas, Jn. Bos. 11. 19. Hwænne fréfrast ðú me quando consōlābĕris me? Ps. Spl. 118, 82. Ðæt he fréfrige me ut consōlētur me, 118, 76. Dú fréfrodest me tu consōlātus es me, 85, 16: 118, 50: Ps. Th. 118, 82. Fréfra ðíne mæcgas on móde comfort thy young men in mind, Andr. Kmbl. 842; An. 421. He héran ne wolde Fæder fréfergendum [ = fréfrigendum] he would not obey the comforting Father, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 7; Sat. 318. [Laym. uroefrien; p. freuerede: Orm. froffrenn, frofrenn: O. Sax. fróbrean: O. H. Ger. flóbarjan, fluobarén.] DER. a-fréfrian, ge-.