fraist

verb

1. To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).

   obsolete

   Þen found he no frekes to fraist on his strenght.

2. To learn by trial; experience.

   obsolete, transitive

3. To seek to learn; ask; inquire.

   obsolete, transitive

4. To seek; be eager for; desire.

   obsolete, transitive

Where it comes from

From Middle English fraisten, freisten, frasten, from Old Norse freista (“to try, tempt, make trial of”), from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną (“to try”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”). Cognate with Icelandic freista (“to tempt”), Swedish fresta (“to try, tempt, tantalise”), Danish friste (“to try, tempt”), Old English frāsian (“to ask, inquire, tempt, try”). More at fraise.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fraist (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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