Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To masturbate. · To fuck; to have sex. · To mess or muck usually with about or around'. · To break.
Euphemistic form of fuck
An act of frigging. · A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed). · A fuck.
From Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English frēogan, frīgan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), frīge (pl., “love”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). More at free. Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge), from Middle English frikien (“to keep (the arms and hands) in constant motion”), from Old English frician (“to dance”).
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