Question 1

What is the definition of the French word "effraie"?

Accepted Answer

First person singular of the present indicative of the verb 'effrayer' (to frighten).
Third person singular of the present indicative of the verb 'effrayer' (to frighten).
First person singular of the present subjunctive of the verb 'effrayer' (to frighten).
Third person singular of the present subjunctive of the verb 'effrayer' (to frighten).
Second person singular of the present imperative of the verb 'effrayer' (to frighten).

Question 2

Where does the French word "effraie" come from?

Accepted Answer

from orfraie, altered under the influence of effrayer, because this protected species... frightens: a thousand ancestral legends have long earned it to be nailed to the cross on the portal of the barns!

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