p. freás, pl. fruron; pp. froren To FREEZE ; gĕlāre :-- Forst sceal freósan frost shall freeze, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 1; Gn. Ex. 72. Men steorran mágon [MS. magan] geseón swá sutole swá on niht ðonne hit swíðe freóseþ men may see the stars as plainly as at night when it freezes hard. Homl. Blick. 93, 20. Hit frýst [frýsþ MS. D.] gĕlat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 8. [Wyc. frees, freesede froze: Plat, fresen, freren: Dut. vriezen: Ger. frieren : M. H. Ger. vriusen: O. H. Ger. friusan, freosan: Goth. frius, n. frost: Dan. fryse: Swed, frysa: Icel. frjósa.] DER. ge-freosan: ofer-froren. freosan