UrsprungFrom Old Swedish frȳsa, from Old Norse frjósa, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-.
- intransitivefeel cold, to the point of discomfort
- intransitivefreeze; to become hard due to low temperature
- intransitivefreeze; to become motionless (in some expressions only)
- often, transitivefreeze; to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes.
- transitivefreeze; to stop, to cause to become motionless, to halt (a motion) immediately
“Frys bilden där!” — Freeze the image there!
Formerfryser(present) · frös(preterite) · frusit(supine) · frys(imperative) · frysa(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · frusit(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · frys(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · frysen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · fryser(active, indicative, present) · frös(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · frysa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · fröso(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)