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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *frehnaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_frehnaną</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_prek" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*preḱ-</orth>
          <def>to ask</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_lat_precor" xml:lang="lat" type="cognate">
          <orth>precor</orth>
          <def>ask, beseech</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_lit_prasyti" xml:lang="lit" type="cognate">
          <orth>prašýti</orth>
          <def>to ask, request</def>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_frehnana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frehnaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>frehnaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈɸrex.nɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚠᚱᛖᚺᚾᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 5</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to ask, inquire</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_prek"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_prek">*preḱ-</ref></mentioned> (‘to ask, woo’). Cognate with Lithuanian <mentioned xml:lang="lit" target="#cog_lit_prasyti"><ref target="#cog_lit_prasyti">prašýti</ref></mentioned> (‘to ask, request’), Latin <mentioned xml:lang="lat" target="#cog_lat_precor"><ref target="#cog_lat_precor">precor</ref></mentioned> (‘ask, beseech’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>frehnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>frehnaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>frehnai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>frihnizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>frehnaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>frehn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>frehnazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>frehnaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>frihnidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>frehnai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>frehnadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>frehnadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>frehnaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>frehnōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>frehnaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>frehnadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>frehnaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>frehnadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>frehnamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>frehnaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>frehnandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>frehnaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>frihnid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>frehnaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>frihnid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>frehnandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>frehnaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>frehnandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>frehnain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>frehnandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>frehnandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>frehnaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>frah</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>frēgį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fraht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>frēgīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>frah</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>frēgī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>frēgū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>frēgīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>frēgudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>frēgīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>frēgum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>frēgīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>frēgud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>frēgīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>frēgun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>frēgīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>frehnandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>freganaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>frehnaną</orth>
            </form>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fregnan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>gifrëgnan</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>fregnan</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fregnan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>friġnan, fræġnan, freġnan, frīnan, freġna</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>fraynen, frain, fraine, frainen, frayn, frayne, freinen, freyne, fræine, fræinien, vraini, fraȝȝnenn</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>frain</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>frain, frane, frayn, frayne</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>fregna</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>fregna</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>fregna</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>fræghnæ</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>fræghna</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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