fraist

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fraisten, freisten, frasten, from Old Norse freista (“to try, tempt, make trial of”), from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną (“to try”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”). Cognate with Icelandic freista (“to tempt”), Swedish fresta (“to try, tempt, tantalise”), Danish friste (“to try, tempt”), Old English frāsian (“to ask, inquire, tempt, try”). More at fraise. === Verb === fraist (third-person singular simple present fraists, present participle fraisting, simple past and past participle fraisted) (obsolete, ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of). (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To learn by trial; experience. (transitive, obsolete) To seek to learn; ask; inquire. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; be eager for; desire. (intransitive, obsolete) To go forth on an expedition; sally forth. ==== Related terms ==== fraise === Anagrams === tafsir, ftiras, Safrit, afrits, iftars == Middle English == === Noun === fraist (plural fraists) A test; test of strength or will power; an attack Þis castel es of loue and grace..Of enmye dredis it na fraist. — Cursor Mundi