frist

noun /fɹɪst/

1. A certain space or period of time; respite.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

2. Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.

   countable, uncountable

   His was a short frist (He had a short life).

3. Credit; trust.

   countable, uncountable

   Sold them to frist to a man of The Hague, […]

   Sald tham to fryst to a man of the Hag, […]

Where it comes from

From Middle English *frist, frest, first, furst, from Old English fierst (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *fristiz, *frestą (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also first.

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

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