fryen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === frien, frye, fryyn === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)-g-; compare fryture (“fritter”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfriːən/ === Verb === fryen (third-person singular simple present fryeth, present participle fryinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fryed) To fry (cook in hot fat) (figurative, rare) To burn to death. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: fry Scots: fry → Irish: frioch, priáil → Cornish: fria → Welsh: ffrio ==== References ==== “frīen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.