† fraistv.

Forms: Middle English frest, fraist(e, Middle English frayst(e, Middle English frast.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse freista.

Etymology: < Old Norse freista (Swedish fresta, Danish friste) = Gothic *fraistan (whence fraistubni temptation).

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To try, put to the proof, test.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)]

fandc893

costeneOE

afondOE

provea1200

fraista1300

assay1330

sayc1330

try1362

approvec1380

examinea1382

winnowa1382

tempt1382

tastea1400

assailc1405

essay1484

scryc1615

sensea1688

test1748

trial1981

dogfood1997

a1300 E.E. Psalter xi. 7 Silver fraisted with þe fire.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (Rolls) 8391 In bataille now þey wil vs frayst.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 25670 (MED) Leuedi mari! wele þu wast, þe feindes fraistes me ful fast.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18672 Iesus him kidd til þaim all neu, To frest if þai in trouth war tru.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iv. 50 My seruand I will found and frast, Abraham, if he be trast.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6947 Therfore, feris, bes fell, fraistes your strenght!

2. To try, attempt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something

cuneOE

seekc1000

fanda1225

suec1325

tastec1330

enforcec1340

study1340

temptc1384

intendc1385

assaila1393

proffera1393

to make meansc1395

search?a1400

fraistc1400

pursuec1400

to go aboutc1405

pretend1482

attempta1513

essay?1515

attend1523

regarda1533

offer1541

frame1545

to stand about1549

to put into (also in) practice1592

prove1612

imitate1626

snap1766

begin1833

make1880

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3253 His felow fraisted with al his mayn, To raise him smertly up ogayn.

c1440 York Myst. ii. 71 With fedrys fayre to frast þer flight fro stede to stede where þai will stand.

c1440 York Myst. xl. 158 Fraste þer-on faithfully, my frendis you to feede.

3. To learn or know by trial; to experience.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [verb (transitive)]

haveeOE

cuneOE

supOE

yfeeleOE

afondOE

canOE

seeOE

knowc1175

provea1200

feelc1225

passa1325

fraistc1330

wielda1375

wita1450

experiment1484

approve1578

experiencea1586

resent1595

fand-

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 175 Ȝour douhtynesse of blode þe Saraȝins salle freist.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1090 Many men þe world here fraistes, Bot he is noght wise þat þar-in traystes.

4. transitive and intransitive. To ask. Also at (a person).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > make inquiries [verb (intransitive)]

speerc888

fraynec900

askOE

inquirec1375

demand1382

fraista1400

enspeerc1440

hearken1523

question1584

interrogate1622

query1644

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > of someone

fraynea800

of-askOE

askc1330

fraista1400

requirec1400

inquirec1430

a1400 Isumbras 669 The lady..fraystes at hym there ‘Was thou ever gentylle mane?’

?a1400 Morte Arth. 435 I salle be foundyne in Fraunce, fraiste when hym lykes, The fyrste daye of Feuerȝere.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1395 ‘Þat watȝ not forward,’ quoþ he, ‘frayst me no more’.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 33 My [wife] will I frast What she will say.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 97 Ffrayne will I fer and fraist of þere werkes.

5. transitive. To seek, search for, desire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)]

seekc888

aseekc1000

i-secheOE

huntc1175

to seek afterc1175

beseechc1200

fand?c1225

ofseche?c1225

to seek forc1250

atseekc1275

furiec1290

forseeka1300

outseekc1300

upseekc1315

to look after ——c1330

wait1340

laita1350

searchc1350

pursuea1382

ensearchc1384

to feel and findc1384

inseekc1384

looka1398

fraist?a1400

umseeka1400

require?c1400

walec1400

to look up1468

prowla1475

to see for ——c1485

to look for ——a1492

to have in the wind1540

sue1548

vent?1575

seek1616

explore1618

dacker1634

research1650

to see out for1683

quest1752

to see after ——1776

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1227 The kyng fraystez a furth ouer the fresche strandez.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 279 Nay, frayst I no fyȝt, in fayth I þe telle.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 169 Þe more I frayste hyr fayre face.

c1420 Awntyrs Arthur 412 (Thornton) For fyghtynge to frayste I fowndede fra hame.

Derivatives

† ˈfraisting n. Obsolete the action of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun]

fandingc1000

costningOE

assay1330

say?c1335

assayingc1375

experimenta1382

proofc1390

experience1393

tastinga1400

probationc1422

probe?a1425

approof1436

fraistingc1440

examination?1510

saying1512

approving1523

trial1526

test1594

approbationa1616

trya1616

proval1622

tempting1623

probatea1643

experimental1659

testinga1834

c1440 York Myst. xl. 49 In frasting we fonde hym full faithfull and free.

† fraist n. Obsolete trial, assault.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > storming

assault1297

fraista1400

expugnationc1540

storm1645

storming1661

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9884 Þis castel..A-pon þe mathe [read marche] it standes traist, O fede ne dredes it na fraist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	fraist
释义	† fraistv. Forms: Middle English frest, fraist(e, Middle English frayst(e, Middle English frast. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse freista. Etymology: < Old Norse freista (Swedish fresta, Danish friste) = Gothic fraistan (whence fraistubni* temptation). Obsolete. 1. transitive. To try, put to the proof, test. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)] fandc893 costeneOE afondOE provea1200 fraista1300 assay1330 sayc1330 try1362 approvec1380 examinea1382 winnowa1382 tempt1382 tastea1400 assailc1405 essay1484 scryc1615 sensea1688 test1748 trial1981 dogfood1997 a1300 E.E. Psalter xi. 7 Silver fraisted with þe fire. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (Rolls) 8391 In bataille now þey wil vs frayst. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 25670 (MED) Leuedi mari! wele þu wast, þe feindes fraistes me ful fast. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18672 Iesus him kidd til þaim all neu, To frest if þai in trouth war tru. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iv. 50 My seruand I will found and frast, Abraham, if he be trast. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6947 Therfore, feris, bes fell, fraistes your strenght! 2. To try, attempt. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something cuneOE seekc1000 fanda1225 suec1325 tastec1330 enforcec1340 study1340 temptc1384 intendc1385 assaila1393 proffera1393 to make meansc1395 search?a1400 fraistc1400 pursuec1400 to go aboutc1405 pretend1482 attempta1513 essay?1515 attend1523 regarda1533 offer1541 frame1545 to stand about1549 to put into (also in) practice1592 prove1612 imitate1626 snap1766 begin1833 make1880 c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3253 His felow fraisted with al his mayn, To raise him smertly up ogayn. c1440 York Myst. ii. 71 With fedrys fayre to frast þer flight fro stede to stede where þai will stand. c1440 York Myst. xl. 158 Fraste þer-on faithfully, my frendis you to feede. 3. To learn or know by trial; to experience. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE cuneOE supOE yfeeleOE afondOE canOE seeOE knowc1175 provea1200 feelc1225 passa1325 fraistc1330 wielda1375 wita1450 experiment1484 approve1578 experiencea1586 resent1595 fand- c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 175 Ȝour douhtynesse of blode þe Saraȝins salle freist. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1090 Many men þe world here fraistes, Bot he is noght wise þat þar-in traystes. 4. transitive and intransitive. To ask. Also at (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > make inquiries [verb (intransitive)] speerc888 fraynec900 askOE inquirec1375 demand1382 fraista1400 enspeerc1440 hearken1523 question1584 interrogate1622 query1644 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > of someone fraynea800 of-askOE askc1330 fraista1400 requirec1400 inquirec1430 a1400 Isumbras 669 The lady..fraystes at hym there ‘Was thou ever gentylle mane?’ ?a1400 Morte Arth. 435 I salle be foundyne in Fraunce, fraiste when hym lykes, The fyrste daye of Feuerȝere. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1395 ‘Þat watȝ not forward,’ quoþ he, ‘frayst me no more’. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 33 My [wife] will I frast What she will say. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 97 Ffrayne will I fer and fraist of þere werkes. 5. transitive. To seek, search for, desire. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] seekc888 aseekc1000 i-secheOE huntc1175 to seek afterc1175 beseechc1200 fand?c1225 ofseche?c1225 to seek forc1250 atseekc1275 furiec1290 forseeka1300 outseekc1300 upseekc1315 to look after ——c1330 wait1340 laita1350 searchc1350 pursuea1382 ensearchc1384 to feel and findc1384 inseekc1384 looka1398 fraist?a1400 umseeka1400 require?c1400 walec1400 to look up1468 prowla1475 to see for ——c1485 to look for ——a1492 to have in the wind1540 sue1548 vent?1575 seek1616 explore1618 dacker1634 research1650 to see out for1683 quest1752 to see after ——1776 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1227 The kyng fraystez a furth ouer the fresche strandez. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 279 Nay, frayst I no fyȝt, in fayth I þe telle. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 169 Þe more I frayste hyr fayre face. c1420 Awntyrs Arthur 412 (Thornton) For fyghtynge to frayste I fowndede fra hame. Derivatives † ˈfraisting n. Obsolete the action of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] fandingc1000 costningOE assay1330 say?c1335 assayingc1375 experimenta1382 proofc1390 experience1393 tastinga1400 probationc1422 probe?a1425 approof1436 fraistingc1440 examination?1510 saying1512 approving1523 trial1526 test1594 approbationa1616 trya1616 proval1622 tempting1623 probatea1643 experimental1659 testinga1834 c1440 York Myst. xl. 49 In frasting we fonde hym full faithfull and free. † fraist n. Obsolete trial, assault. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > storming assault1297 fraista1400 expugnationc1540 storm1645 storming1661 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9884 Þis castel..A-pon þe mathe [read marche] it standes traist, O fede ne dredes it na fraist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1300
随便看	to play the nought to play the numbers to play the odd to put the etc hand to to put the fear of god into to put the final hand to to put the finger on to put the finger on a person to put the finishing hand stroke or touch to put the finishing hand to to put the finishing stroke or touch to put the fluence on to put the fool on to put the fool upon to put the fox in charge of the henhouse to put the frighteners in, on to put the fritz on something to put the frost on to put the frost on something to put the genie back in the bottle to put the hard word on to put the helm a-port to put the helm aport to put the hoodoo on to put the indian sign on