What does frain mean?
Frain means (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To ask, inquire..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To ask, inquire..
Theyr myndes disdayne: Gods actes to frain …
And so answerd ever when so the said Umphra frayned the said Thomas; and otherwaies this examinate never hard the said Thomas speak anything of himself to any bodye, duringe the spaic of an hower or more, that this examinate was with the said Thomas.
But Jesus stood before the count; yea the count frayned him, quothing, thou is king of the Jews? but Jesus quoth to him, thou quoths.
Ones yet agayne Of you I wolde frayne, Why come ye nat to court ?
I, musing, frain'd her meaning: she / Her meaning thus did tell.
Nor far had spurr'd the warrior, ere a crew Of hinds and sun-burnt woodmen met his view, Frayn'd by the knight, they told, a beauteous maid, Who, loudly shrieking, call'd on heav'n for aid, [...]
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Frain means (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To ask, inquire..
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Theyr myndes disdayne: Gods actes to frain …
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