vriizan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• briizan (Mezzaselva)

Etymology

From Middle High German vriesen, from Old High German friosan, from Proto-West Germanic *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”). Cognate with German frieren, English freeze. Related to gavriiran (“to freeze”), a rhotacized variant.

Verb

vriizan (strong class 2 )

1. (Sette Comuni) to be cold

   Dii ba net èrbatent, vriizent mèeront.

   Those who do not work are the coldest.

Derived terms

• vriizar

References

• “briizan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo