fretan

fretan

1. third-person plural present indicative of fretar

From Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, corresponding to for- +‎ etan. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (Middle Low German vreten), Old High German frezzan (German fressen), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre.tɑn/

fretan

1. to devour
2. to break, burst

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• Middle English: freten, ffrete, frete, fretyn, vreten; freoten
  • English: fret
  • Scots: frete, freet

From Proto-West Germanic *fraetan.

fretan

1. to devour, eat greatly

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Middle Low German: vrēten
  • German Low German: freten, friätten
  • → Swedish: fräta

fretan

1. third-person plural present indicative of fretar