frysa

• fryse

From Old Norse frjósa. Akin to English freeze.

• IPA^(key): /²fryːsɑ/

frysa (present tense frys, past tense fraus, past participle frose, present participle frysande, imperative frys)

1. to be cold

   Skru opp varmen, eg frys.

   Turn up the heat, I am cold.

2. to freeze (transitive or intransitive)

   Vatn frys og vert til is.

   Water freezes and turns to ice.

   Eg fraus fisken i frysaren.

   I froze the fish in the freezer.

• tilfrosen

frysa (present tense fryser, past tense fryste, past participle fryst, passive infinitive frysast, present participle frysande, imperative frys)

1. to freeze (only transitive)

   Eg fryste fisken i frysaren.

   I froze the fish in the freezer.

• “frysa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse frjósa, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną.

frȳsa

1. to freeze
2. to feel cold

• Swedish: frysa

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From Old Swedish frȳsa, from Old Norse frjósa, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-.

frysa (present fryser, preterite frös, supine frusit, imperative frys)

1. (intransitive) feel cold, to the point of discomfort
2. (intransitive) freeze; to become hard due to low temperature
3. (intransitive) freeze; to become motionless (in some expressions only)

• stelna

frysa (present fryser, preterite fryste, supine fryst, imperative frys)

1. (transitive) freeze; to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes.
2. (transitive) freeze; to stop, to cause to become motionless, to halt (a motion) immediately

   Frys bilden där!

   Freeze the image there!

• For supine also common with frusit.

• frys