fryen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• frien, frye, fryyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)-g-; compare fryture (“fritter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfriːən/

Verb

fryen (third-person singular simple present fryeth, present participle fryinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fryed)

1. To fry (cook in hot fat)
2. (figurative, rare) To burn to death.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fryen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) fryen, frye
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	frye	fryed
2nd-person singular	fryest	fryedest
3rd-person singular	fryeth	fryed
subjunctive singular	frye
imperative singular		—
plural1	fryen, frye	fryeden, fryede
imperative plural	fryeth, frye	—
participles	fryynge, fryende	fryed, yfryed

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: fry
• Scots: fry
• → Irish: frioch, priáil
• → Cornish: fria
• → Welsh: ffrio

References

• “frīen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.