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Frain

//ˈfɹeɪn// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
Verb
  1. 1
    To ask, inquire. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

    "Ones yet agayne Of you I wolde frayne, Why come ye nat to court ?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fraynen, freinen (“to ask”), from Old English freġnan, friġnan (“to ask, inquire, learn”), from Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”). Cognates Cognate with Icelandic fregna (“to ask, inquire”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan, “to ask”). Related also to Dutch vragen (“to ask”), German fragen (“to ask”), Norwegian frega (“to ask”), Latin precor (“ask, beseech”), Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛccháti, “to ask”), Lithuanian prašyti (“to request”), Polish prosić (“to request”).

Etymology 2

From Old French fraisne.

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