frist

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɹɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *frist, frest, first, furst, from Old English fierst (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *fristiz, *frestą (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also first. ==== Noun ==== frist (countable and uncountable, plural frists) (obsolete) A certain space or period of time; respite. (UK dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension. (UK dialectal) Credit; trust. 1492–1503, Andrew Halyburton, Andrew Halyburton's ledger: Sald tham to fryst to a man of the Hag, […] Sold them to frist to a man of The Hague, […] a1568, Sir David Lindsay, Ane Discriptioun of Peder Coffeis: Ane dyvour coffe, that wirry hen, / Distroyis the honor of our natioun, / Takis gudis to frist fra fremmit men, / And brekis his obligatioun. One bankrupt rouge , that wirry hen, / destroys the honor of our nation / takes goods to frist from fremd men, / and breaks his obligation. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English *fristen, frysten, fresten, firsten, from Old English *fyrstan (“to defer, delay, put off”), from fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Low German versten, German fristen (“to eke out”), Danish friste (“to sustain, support, experience, tempt”), Icelandic fresta (“to delay”). ==== Verb ==== frist (third-person singular simple present frists, present participle fristing, simple past and past participle fristed) (UK dialectal) To grant respite; especially, to give a debtor credit or time for payment. (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To defer; postpone. ===== Derived terms ===== fristing === Anagrams === FTIRs, First, SIRTF, first, frits, rifts == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfresd/, [ˈfʁɛsd̥] === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish frest, Old Norse frest n, from Proto-Germanic *frestą, related to *fristiz in German Frist f. The modern Danish form is probably influenced by German. ==== Noun ==== frist c (singular definite fristen, plural indefinite frister) deadline ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== deadline === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== frist imperative of friste == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frɪst/ === Adjective === frist superlative degree of fris == Middle English == === Adjective === frist alternative form of first == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse frest n, Proto-Germanic *frestą (“date; appointed time”), from *fres (“forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres- (“to press”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to attempt, try, risk”). === Noun === frist m (definite singular fristen, indefinite plural frister, definite plural fristene) deadline === References === “frist” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *fristi, from Proto-Germanic *fristiz. === Noun === frist f or m period, term ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: verste, verst, varste, vierste, vorste, vōorste, vurste, vuerste === References === “frist”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse frest, from Proto-Germanic *frestą. === Noun === frist c a period (extended from its original length) within which something must be done, (roughly) a deadline ==== Usage notes ==== Likely not clearly separated from tidsfrist by many native speakers. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== deadline uppskov === References === frist in Svensk ordbok (SO) frist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) frist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) frist in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)