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† fraist, v. Obs.
Forms: 3–4 frest, fraist(e, 4 frayst(e, 5 frast.
[a. ON. freista (Sw. fresta, Da. friste) = Goth. *fraistan (whence fraistubni temptation).]
1. trans. To try, put to the proof, test.
a1300Cursor M. 18672 (Cott.) Iesus him kidd til þaim all neu, To frest if þai in trouth war tru. Ibid. 25670 (Gött.) Leuedi mari! wele þu wast, Þe feindes fraistes me ful fast. a1300E.E. Psalter xi. 7 Silver fraisted with þe fire. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (Rolls) 8391 In bataille now þey wil vs frayst. c1400Destr. Troy 6947 Therfore, feris, bes fell, fraistes your strenght! c1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 36 My servand I wille found and frast, Abraham, if he be trast.
2. To try, attempt.
c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 3253 His felow fraisted with al his mayn, To raise him smertly up ogayn. c1440York Myst. ii. 71 With fedrys fayre to frast þer flight fro stede to stede where þai will stand. Ibid. xl. 158 Fraste þer-on faithfully, my frendis you to feede.
3. To learn or know by trial; to experience.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 175 Ȝour douhtynesse of blode þe Saraȝins salle freist. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1090 Many men þe world here fraistes, Bot he is noght wise þat þar-in traystes.
4. trans. and intr. To ask. Also at (a person).
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1395 ‘Þat watz not forward’, quod he, ‘frayst me no more’. a1400Morte Arth. 435, I salle be foundyne in Fraunce, fraiste when hym lykes, The fyrste daye of Feuerȝere. a1400Isumbras 669 The lady..fraystes at hym there ‘Was thou ever gentylle mane?’ 1400Destr. Troy 97 Ffrayne will I fer and fraist of þere werkes. c1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 25 My [wife] wille I frast what she wille say.
5. trans. To seek, search for, desire.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 169 Þe more I frayste hyr fayre face. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 279 Nay, frayst, I no fyȝt, in fayth I þe telle. a1400Morte Arth. 1227 The kyng fraystez a furth ouer the fresche strandez. c1420Awntyrs Arthur 412 (Thornton MS.) For fyghtynge to frayste I fowndede fra hame.
Hence † ˈfraisting vbl. n., the action of the vb. Also † fraist n., trial, assault.
a1300Cursor M. 9884 Þis castel..a-pon þe marche it standes traist, O fede ne dredes it na fraist. c1440York Myst. xl. 49 In frasting we fonde hym full faithfull and free. |