fräjst

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse freista, from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [frɛ̀st], [frɛ̀ɪ̯st], [frɑ̀ɪ̯st]
    • Rhymes: -èɪst

Verb

fräjst (preterite fräjstä)

  1. (transitive) to fraist; to try[1]
    Hav du frästä kniven?
    Have you tried the knife?
    Han frästä no mait, men fikk int na’n fisk
    He tried to angle, but did not get any fish.

References
  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Fräjst el. fräst”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 164
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