[frignan, fringan, frinan], st. v., to ask, to inquire: imp. ne frin þu äfter sælum, ask not after the well-being! [1323]; inf. ic þäs wine Deniga frinan wille ... ymb þînne sîð, [351]; pret. sg. frägn, [236], [332]; frägn gif ..., asked whether ..., [1320].

ge-frignan, ge-fringan, ge-frinan, to find out by inquiry, to learn by narration. pret. sg. (w. acc.) þät fram hâm gefrägn Higelâces þegn Grendles dæda, [194]; nô ic gefrägn heardran feohtan, [575]; (w. acc. and inf.) þâ ic wîde gefrägn weorc gebannan, [74]; similarly, [2485], [2753], [2774]; ne gefrägen ic þâ mægðe mâran weorode ymb hyra sincgyfan sêl gebæran, I never heard that any people, richer in warriors, conducted itself better about its chief, [1012]; similarly, [1028]; pret. pl. (w. acc.) we þeódcyninga þrym gefrunon, [2]; (w. acc. and inf.) geongne gûðcyning gôdne gefrunon hringas dælan, [1970]; (parenthetical) swâ guman gefrungon, [667], (after þonne) medo-ärn micel (greater) ... þone yldo bearn æfre gefrunon, [70]; pret. part. häfde Higelâces hilde gefrunen, [2953]; häfdon gefrunen þät..., had learned that ..., [695]; häfde gefrunen hwanan sió fæhð ârâs, [2404]; healsbeága mæst þâra þe ic on foldan gefrägen häbbe, [1197].

[from], See [fram].

[frôd], adj.: 1) ætate provectus, old, gray: nom. sg. frôd, [2626], [2951]; frôd cyning, [1307], [2210]; frôd folces weard, [2514]; wintrum frôd, [1725], [2115], [2278]; se frôda, [2929]; ac. sg. frôde feorhlege (the laying down of my old life), [2801]; dat. sg. frôdan fyrnwitan (may also, from its meaning, belong under No. 2), [2124].—2) mente excellentior, intelligent, experienced, wise: nom. sg. frôd, [1367]; frôd and gôd, [279]; on môde frôd, [1845].—Comp.: in-, un-frôd.

[frôfor], st. f., consolation, compensation, help: nom. sg. frôfor, [2942]; acc. sg. frôfre, [7], [974]; fyrena frôfre, [629]; frôfre and fultum, [1274]; frôfor and fultum, [699]; dat. sg. tô frôfre, [14], [1708]; gen. sg. frôfre, [185].

[fruma] (see [forma]), w. m., the foremost, hence: l) beginning: nom. sg. wäs se fruma egeslîc leódum on lande, swâ hyt lungre wearð on hyra sincgifan sâre geendod (the beginning of the dragon-combat was terrible, its end distressing through the death of Beówulf), [2310].—2) he who stands first, prince; in comp. dæd-, hild-, land-, leód-, ord-, wîg-fruma.

[frum-cyn], st. n., (genus primitivum), descent, origin: acc. sg. nu ic eówer sceal frumcyn witan, [252].

[frum-gâr], st. m., primipilus, duke, prince: dat. sg. frumgâre (of Beówulf), [2857].

[frum-sceaft], st. f., prima creatio, beginning: acc. sg. se þe cûðe frumsceaft fira feorran reccan, who could tell of the beginning of mankind in old times, [91]; dat. sg. frum-sceafte, in the beginning, i.e at his birth, [45].

[fugol], st. m., bird: dat. sg. fugle gelîcost, [218]; dat. pl. [fuglum] tô gamene, [2942].