Middle English Dictionary Entry
?fraisen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | fraisen v. |
| Etymology | MDu. vreisen, vresen endanger, frighten. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. frese (1).
1.
Terrify.
Associated quotations
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1248 : He fellez forestez fele, forrayse thi landez, Frysthez [read: frythes] no fraunchez, bot fraisez [?read: fraiez] the pople.