frist

See also: Frist

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

frist (countable and uncountable, plural frists)

1. (obsolete) A certain space or period of time; respite.
2. (UK dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.

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

   • 1578, Robert Lindsay, The Cronicles of Scotland‎^[1]:

     Yitt they caused the lordis that war vpoun on the panell, that schould have thoalled judgment, to find cautioun everie ane of thame, vnder the paine of certane soumes, to answer at ane certane apoynted to thame. Yitt all thir lordis war verrie blyth, think and that all evill was guid of frist, in speciall the lord David Lindsay was so blyth at his brothers sayingis, that he burst furth, saying to him: "Verrilie brother, yea have fyne pyatt wordis. I wold not have trowed, be St Amarie, that yea had sick wordis".

   • 1721, James Kelly, Scottish Proverbs‎^[2]:

     All Ills are good a frist.

   • 1888, Murray's Magazine‎^[3]:

     My time is short, my frist is o'er, and I have much to say.

3. (UK dialectal) Credit; trust.
   • 1492–1503, Andrew Halyburton, Andrew Halyburton's ledger:

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

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

   • a1568, Sir David Lindsay, Ane Discriptioun of Peder Coffeis:

     Ane dyvour coffe, that wirry hen, / Distroyis the honor of our natioun, / Takis gudis to frist fra fremmit men, / And brekis his obligatioun.

     One bankrupt rouge , that wirry hen, / destroys the honor of our nation / takes goods to frist from fremd men, / and breaks his obligation.

   • c. 1568, William Lauder, The Lamenatioun of The Pure‎^[4]:

     Credit and frist is quyte away, / No thing is lent bot for usure; […]

Etymology 2

From Middle English *fristen, frysten, fresten, firsten, from Old English *fyrstan (“to defer, delay, put off”), from fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Low German versten, German fristen (“to eke out”), Danish friste (“to sustain, support, experience, tempt”), Icelandic fresta (“to delay”).

Verb

frist (third-person singular simple present frists, present participle fristing, simple past and past participle fristed)

1. (UK dialectal) To grant respite; especially, to give a debtor credit or time for payment.
2. (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To defer; postpone.
   • 1765, Samuel Rutherford, Joshua Redivivus, page 323:

     Now, in the strength of Jesus, dispatch your business; that debt is not forgiven, but fristed: death hath not bidden you farewel, but hath only left you for a short season.

   • 1884, Lucy Ellen Guernsey, Loveday's History: A Tale of Many Changes, page 105:

     Na, na, lassie. Dinna be too confident. “What's fristed is no forgotten."

   • 1924, James S. Wilkie, The History of Fife, page 553:

     Alexander's early backsliding, when "he thrawed his mouth" at the minister — a sin beside which the modern lèse majesté seems venial, —had been fristed but not forgiven, and again he was summoned to appear before the session.

Derived terms

• fristing

Anagrams

• FTIRs, First, SIRTF, first, frits, rifts

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfresd/, [ˈfʁɛsd̥]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish frest, Old Norse frest n, from Proto-Germanic *frestą, related to *fristiz in German Frist f. The modern Danish form is probably influenced by German.

Noun

frist c (singular definite fristen, plural indefinite frister)

1. deadline

Declension

Declension of frist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frist	fristen	frister	fristerne
genitive	frists	fristens	fristers	fristernes

Synonyms

• deadline

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frist

1. imperative of friste

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɪst/

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Adjective

frist

1. superlative degree of fris

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frest n, Proto-Germanic *frestą (“date; appointed time”), from *fres (“forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres- (“to press”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to attempt, try, risk”).

Noun

frist m (definite singular fristen, indefinite plural frister, definite plural fristene)

1. deadline

References

• “frist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse frest, from Proto-Germanic *frestą.

Noun

frist c

1. a period (extended from its original length) within which something must be done, (roughly) a deadline

   Egentligen skulle det varit klart 1 mars, men de har fått en frist till 1 april

   In reality, it should have been done by March 1, but the deadline has been been extended to April 1 ("they've been given an (extended) period until April 1 to do it")

   Det måste slutföras inom fristen

   It must completed within the frist

Usage notes

Likely not clearly separated from tidsfrist by many native speakers.

Declension

Declension of frist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	frist	frists
	definite	fristen	fristens
plural	indefinite	frister	fristers
	definite	fristerna	fristernas

Derived terms

• fristdag
• galgenfrist
• kortfristig
• långfristig
• tidsfrist
• ångerfrist

See also

• deadline
• uppskov

References

• frist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• frist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• frist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• frist in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)