Definition of "frist" in English

noun

1. (obsolete) A certain space or period of time; respite.

2. (UK dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.

   • His was a short frist (He had a short life).

3. (UK dialectal) Credit; trust.

   • Sald tham to fryst to a man of the Hag, […] Sold them to frist to a man of The Hague, […]
   • 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.

verb

1. (UK dialectal) To grant respite; especially, to give a debtor credit or time for payment.

2. (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To defer; postpone.