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fregna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fregna, from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fregna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fregnaði, supine fregnað)

  1. to hear, to learn [with accusative]
    Synonym: frétta
    Ég hef fregnað að hann er að fara til Þýskalands.
    I've heard that he is going to Germany.

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Italian

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown. Perhaps from Latin fricāre, with -gn- under the influence of frangere.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fregna f (plural fregne)

  1. (vulgar) cunt
    Synonyms: vulva, gnocca
  2. nonsense, crap

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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fregna m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of fregne

Old English

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Verb

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freġna

  1. (Northumbrian) Alternative form of friġnan (to ask)

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.

Verb

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fregna (singular past indicative frá, plural past indicative frágu, past participle freginn)

  1. to hear, to be informed of, to learn [with accusative]
  2. to ask, to request [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘for something’]
    fregna einhvern ráðs
    to ask someone's advice
    (literally, “to ask someone for advice”)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fregna
  • Old Swedish: fræghna

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fregna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin farīna (flour, meal).

Noun

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fregna f (plural fregnas)

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) flour