freten

Galician

Verb

freten

  1. inflection of fretar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English fretan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną; equivalent to fret (eating away) + -en (infinitival suffix).

Some senses are possibly influenced by an Old French *freiter.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛːtən/

Verb

freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frat, past participle freten)

  1. To consume, to devour, to eat (usually of animals).
    • 1370–1390, William Langland, “Passus. xviii. de visione”, in Piers Plowman:
      At the bigynnyng God gaf the doom hymselve-- / That Adam and Eve and alle that hem suwede / Sholden deye downrighte, and dwelle in peyne after / If that thei touchede a tree and of the fruyt eten. / Adam afterward, ayeins his defence, / Freet of that fruyt, and forsook, as it were, / The love of Oure Lord and his loore bothe []
      At the beginning God gave the judgment himself / That Adam and Eve and all them that ensued, / Should die down right and dwell in pain after, / If that they touched a tree and the fruit ate, / Adam afterward against his warning / Ate of that fruit, and forsook, as it were, / The love of our Lord and his lore both, []
  2. (figurative) To ruin; to devastate.
  3. To wear or abrade; to rub or chafe at:
    1. To gnaw or chomp; to attack with the teeth.
    2. To corrode; to eat or wear away.
    3. (figurative) To wear at; to annoy or injure.
  4. (rare, cooking) To force through a strainer.
Conjugation
Descendants
  • English: fret
  • Scots: frete, freet
References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French frete, past participle of freter (to decorate).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛːtən/, /ˈfrɛtən/

Verb

freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frette, past participle fret)

  1. To decorate with precious adornments (often wire or gems)
  2. To supply, stock or load; to make full.
  3. (rare) To place as such a decoration.
Usage notes

This verb is usually found in the past participle, though other forms occasionally appear.

Conjugation
Descendants

References

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old French fretter, freter, from frette (ring). See fretter.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛːtən/, /ˈfrɛtən/

Verb

freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frette, past participle fret)

  1. To bind or tie, especially with a loop
Usage notes

This verb is usually found in the past participle, though other forms occasionally appear.

Conjugation
Descendants

References

Spanish

Verb

freten

  1. inflection of fretar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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