"forfreten" meaning in Middle English

See forfreten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fɔrˈfrɛːtən/, /fɔrˈfræːtən/
Etymology: From for- + freten (“to eat (at)”); compare West Frisian forfrette (“to eat up, devour”), German verfressen (“greedy”). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|for-|freten|id2=to eat|t2=to eat (at)}} for- + freten (“to eat (at)”), {{cog|fy|forfrette||to eat up, devour}} West Frisian forfrette (“to eat up, devour”), {{cog|de|verfressen||greedy}} German verfressen (“greedy”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} forfreten, {{enm-verb|forfreteth|forfretynge|forfrat|forfreten}} forfreten (third-person singular simple present forfreteth, present participle forfretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative forfrat, past participle forfreten) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|fret|frat|fret|fret|c=5|pf=for}} Forms: forfreteth [present, singular, third-person], forfretynge [participle, present], forfrat [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], forfreten [participle, past], strong [table-tags], forfreten [infinitive], to forfreten [infinitive], forfrete [infinitive], forfrete [first-person, present, singular], forfrat [first-person, past, singular], forfretest [present, second-person, singular], forfrete [past, second-person, singular], forfrat [past, second-person, singular], forfreteth [present, singular, third-person], forfrat [past, singular, third-person], forfrete [present, singular, subjunctive], forfrete [past, singular, subjunctive], forfrete [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], forfreten [plural, present], forfrete [plural, present], forfreten [past, plural], forfrete [past, plural], forfreteth [imperative, plural, present], forfrete [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], forfretynge [participle, present], forfretende [participle, present], forfreten [participle, past], forfrete [participle, past]
  1. To devour or eat up. Categories (topical): Food and drink Synonyms: vorfreten
    Sense id: en-forfreten-enm-verb-w0FinLBN Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms prefixed with for-

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