*fristiz

Runic: ᚠᚱᛁᛊᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸris.tiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

an appointed time; date

Etymology

From an earlier *fres (‘forward’) + *-þiz, the former abstracted from a Proto-Indo-European *pres-sto-, composed of *per- (‘forward, forth, over, beyond’) + *steh₂- (‘to stand’). Closely related to *frestą.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	fristiz	fristīz
Acc.	fristį	fristinz
Gen.	fristīz	fristijǫ̂
Dat.	fristī	fristimaz
Inst.	fristī	fristimiz
Voc.	fristi	fristīz

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Descendants

frist (Old English)
- first, furst, feorst, forst, ferst, frest, vrist (Middle English)
  - frist, first (English)
  - frist, frest, first, fyrst (Scots)
first (Old English)
- first, furst, feorst, forst, ferst, frest, vrist (Middle English)
  - frist, first (English)
  - frist, frest, first, fyrst (Scots)
fierst (Old English)
- first, furst, feorst, forst, ferst, frest, vrist (Middle English)
  - frist, first (English)
  - frist, frest, first, fyrst (Scots)
fyrst (Old English)
- first, furst, feorst, forst, ferst, frest, vrist (Middle English)
  - frist, first (English)
  - frist, frest, first, fyrst (Scots)
*frist (Old Saxon)
- frist, ferst, verst, vorst, vrüst (Middle Low German)
frist (Old Dutch)
- verste, verst, varste, vierste, vorste, vōorste, vurste, vuerste (Middle Dutch)
frist (Old High German)
- vrist (Middle High German)
  - Frist (German)
*frestr (Old Norse)
*fresta (Old Norse)

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