fregna

From Old Norse fregna, from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛkna/
• Rhymes: -ɛkna

fregna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fregnaði, supine fregnað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to hear, to learn

   Ég hef fregnað að hann er að fara til Þýskalands.

   I've heard that he is going to Germany.

• frétta

• fregn

The origin is unknown. Perhaps from Latin fricāre, with -gn- under the influence of frangere.

fregna f (plural fregne)

1. (vulgar) cunt

   Synonyms: vulva, gnocca

2. nonsense, crap

• fregnaccia (“lie”)
• fregnacciaro (“liar”)

• frange

• fregnen

fregna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of fregne

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrej.nɑ/

freġna

1. (Northumbrian) Alternative form of friġnan (“to ask”)

From Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.

fregna (singular past indicative frá, plural past indicative frágu, past participle freginn)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to hear, to be informed of, to learn
2. (ditransitive, with accusative and genitive) to ask (for), to inquire

   fregna einhvern (acc.) ráðs (gen.)

   to ask someone's advice

• Icelandic: fregna
• Old Swedish: fræghna

• “fregna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• farina (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• frina (Sursilvan)

From Latin farīna (“flour, meal”).

fregna f (plural fregnas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) flour