) þæt fram hām gefrægn Higelāces þegn
Grendles dǣda, 194; nō ic gefrægn
heardran
feohtan, 575; (w.
Beowulf
.
ymb þīnne sīð, 351; pret.
sg.
frægn, 236, 332; frægn gif
.
.
.
, _asked whether_ .
.
.
, 1320.
ge-frignan, ge-fringan, ge-frīnan, _to find out by inquiry, to learn by
narration.
_ pret.
sg.
(w.
acc.
) þæt fram hām gefrægn Higelāces þegn
Grendles dǣda, 194; nō ic gefrægn
heardran
feohtan, 575; (w.
acc.
and inf.
)
þā ic wīde gefrægn weorc gebannan, 74; similarly, 2485, 2753, 2774; ne
gefrægen ic þā mǣgðe māran weorode ymb hyra sincgyfan sēl gebǣran, _I never
heard that any people, richer in warriors, conducted itself better about
its chief_, 1012; similarly, 1028; pret.
pl.
(w.
acc.
) wē þēodcyninga þrym
gefrūnon, 2; (w.
acc.
and inf.
) geongne gūðcyning gōdne gefrūnon hringas
dǣlan, 1970; (parenthetical) swā guman gefrungon, 667, (after þonne)
medo-ærn micel (_greater_) .
.
.
þone yldo bearn ǣfre gefrūnon, 70; pret.
part.
hæfde Higelāces hilde gefrūnen, 2953; hæfdon gefrūnen þæt.
