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frist, id. Easily confounded with the foll. frest, frist, sb.

frest, frist² [frest, frəst, frɩst], sb., poor attempt to carry out a piece of work; he’s made a (puir = poor) f. o’ it, he has made a poor job of it. Uⁿ. *freist-. Cf. O.N. freista, vb., to test; try; attempt; freistni, f., an attempt.

frest, frist¹ [frest, frəst, frɩst], vb., 1) vb. a., to delay; postpone; he’ll no [‘not’] f. it; he could no f. it ony langer [‘any longer’]; U. frisp [frɩsp]: Yⁿ. 2) vb. n., to have a respite; lat [‘let’] dem (de sheep) f. [frɩst] a while, let them (the sheep) rest a while (Fe.? acc. to J.I.). Reported from Conn. in sense of to wait. — O.N. fresta, vb., to delay; postpone. — Easily confounded with the foll. frest, frist, vb.

frest, frist² [frest, frəst, frɩst], vb., 1) to afford; I could no f. to dø [‘do’] it or to gi’e o’ it; Uⁿ.; doubtless, to attempt; try. 2) to dispense with; I canno [-‘not’] f. it; Uⁿ. — O.N. freista, vb., to test; try; to tempt. — Meaning 2 of frest, frist, has prob. developed from meaning 1, so that “I canno f. it” is an abbr. of “I canno f. to gi’e (o’) it”.

fret [frɛt (fret), fræt], vb., to rain slightly, mostly with a gentle wind; he’s fretin (ut o’ him), he begins (is beginnin’) to f. N.Sh., Wh. In Wh. fret is used in sense of blowing gently, together with a little rain, in the phrase “to f. and rain”. N.I.: frɛt; Nmⁿ.: frɛt, fret; Wh.: fræt. — O.N. freta, vb., to fart; cf. O.N. fretr, m., a puff of wind, and No. “fret” in “regnfret”, n., a slight shower.

fretl, fretel [frætəl, fræⁱtəl], vb., 1) vb. n., to mutter to oneself below one’s breath; a fretlin body; N.Roe [frætəl], 2) vb. a., to scatter to the four winds of heaven; he freteld it awa, he frittered away his earnings; Uⁿ. [fræⁱtəl]. From

U^wg. is reported frekl, frekel [frækəl], vb. n., in sense of to be wasted; to dwindle (quickly) away; hit [‘it’] is freklin awa. — *fretla, vb., from O.N. freta, vb., to fart. Fær. fretla, vb., to emit a blowing or puffing sound; No. frata and fratla, vb., to crackle. The meanings given under fretl 2 and frekl prob. orig. from older meanings as: to let puff away, let drift before a puff of wind.

fretla [frætla], sb., a woman in the habit of talking to herself; esp. as a nickname: Fretla. N.Roe. Deriv. of fretl, vb. 1.

frett, sb., see frøtt, sb.

friend, sb., see frend, sb.

†frig(g) [frɩg], sb., 1) a person ingratiating himself with others. 2) a person continually trifling with his work without making progress. U. See frig(g), vb.

†frig(g) [frɩg], vb., 1) to try to ingratiate oneself with others, to hang on, to f. aboot ane. 2) to trifle with little or no result, to f. aboot de wark [‘work’]. U. — *frig- or *frik-? Doubtless connected with Eng. *frig, vb., to be in restless motion; to rub, etc., friggle, vb., to toy; gad; trifle with some work (dial.), and with No. frikla (frokla), vb., to caress; sniff; wag; play.

Friggati-sura [frɩg··ati·-sūra], sb., the name for a sorceress (in a myth). Y^h. The first part of the compd. poss. contains the ancient name of the goddess “Friga”. Cf.(?) No. frigga, f., big, coarse woman.

frisk [frisk], sb., a tangled tuft of hair; frisks o’ hair, tangled tufts of hair. N.Roe., Fe., U. Cf. Fær. frís- in frísa, vb., to dishevel the hair, and frísutur, adj., dishevelled, having dishevelled hair or tangled curls.

frisk [frisk], vb., to entangle; to dishevel; to f. de hair. N.Roe., Fe.,