afrefran

== Old English == === Etymology === From ā- +‎ frēfran (“comfort, console, soothe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːˈfreːf.rɑn/, [ɑːˈfreːv.rɑn] === Verb === āfrēfran to console, comfort, soothe to relieve to make soft or mild, alleviate, mitigate ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “a-fréfran”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.