Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAlternative form of feeze. · Alternative form of faze.
From Middle English fesen (“to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish”), from Old English fēsan, fȳsan (“to hasten, impel”), from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną (“to make ready”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionfesenenm · to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish
- Inherited-form mentionfēsanang
- Inherited-form mention*funsijanągem-pro · to make ready
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