different between frist vs flist

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Etymology 1

From Middle English *frist, frest, first, furst, from Old English fierst (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *fristiz, *frest? (“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. (Britain dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.
   • 1721, James Kelly, Scottish Proverbs:

     All Ills are good a frist.

   • 1888, Murray's Magazine:

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

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

     I sald tham to fryst to a man of the Hag.

     I 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:

     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. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To sell (goods) on trust or credit.

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2. (Britain dialectal) To grant respite.
3. (Britain dialectal) To give a debtor credit or time for payment.
4. (transitive, intransitive, Britain dialectal) To defer; postpone.

Derived terms

• fristing

Anagrams

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

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fresd/, [?f??sd?]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish frest, Old Norse frest n, from Proto-Germanic *frest?, 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

Inflection

Synonyms

• deadline

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

frist

1. imperative of friste

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fr?st/

Adjective

frist

1. Superlative form of fris

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frest n, Proto-Germanic *frest? (“date; appointed time”), from *fres (“forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres- (“to press”), from *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”).

Noun

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

1. deadline

References

• “frist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

English

Noun

flist (plural flists)

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of friends list.

Anagrams

• filst, flits, lifts