Ge-frinan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-frinan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ic -frine, ðú -frinst, he -frinþ,

ge-frinan
pl. -frinaþ; p. -fran, pl. -frunon; pp. -frunen To learn by asking, find out, hear of :-- Ðá gefran Ioseph ðæt Archelaus rixode on Iudea lande then Joseph learned that Archelaus reigned in Judea, Homl. Th. i. 88, 19. We ðeódcyninga ðrym gefrunon we have heard of the glory of the great kings, Beo. Th. 4; B. 2 : Andr. Kmbl. 1; An. 1 : Cd. 184; Th. 230, 19; Dan. 235. Me ðǽr dryhtnes ðegnas gefrunon the Lord's servants found me there, Rood Kmbl. 151; Kr. 76. Hie hæfdon gefrunen they had learned, Beo. Th. 1392; B. 694 : 4797; D. 2403.

Related words: ge-frignan. ge-frinan

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