"freten" meaning in Middle English

See freten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfrɛːtən/
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to eat}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|fretan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English fretan, {{inh+|enm|ang|fretan}} Inherited from Old English fretan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*fraetan}} Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fraetaną}} Proto-Germanic *fraetaną, {{af|enm|fret|-en|id1=eating away|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix|t1=eating away}} fret (“eating away”) + -en (infinitival suffix), {{noncog|fro|*freiter}} Old French *freiter Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} freten, {{enm-verb|freteth|fretynge|frat|freten}} freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frat, past participle freten) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|fret|frat|fret|2a=fret|3s2=fret|class=5|w=te|w2=ed|y=2}} Forms: freteth [present, singular, third-person], fretynge [participle, present], frat [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], freten [participle, past], strong weak [table-tags], freten [infinitive], to freten [infinitive], frete [infinitive], frete [first-person, present, singular], frat [first-person, past, singular], fret [first-person, past, singular], frette [first-person, past, singular], freted [first-person, past, singular], fretest [present, second-person, singular], frete [past, second-person, singular], frat [past, second-person, singular], fret [past, second-person, singular], frettest [past, second-person, singular], fretedest [past, second-person, singular], freteth [present, singular, third-person], fret [present, singular, third-person], frat [past, singular, third-person], fret [past, singular, third-person], frette [past, singular, third-person], freted [past, singular, third-person], frete [present, singular, subjunctive], frete [past, singular, subjunctive], frette [past, singular, subjunctive], freted [past, singular, subjunctive], frete [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], freten [plural, present], frete [plural, present], freten [past, plural], frete [past, plural], fretten [past, plural], frette [past, plural], freteden [past, plural], fretede [past, plural], freteth [imperative, plural, present], frete [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fretynge [participle, present], fretende [participle, present], freten [participle, past], yfreten [participle, past], frete [participle, past], yfrete [participle, past], fret [participle, past], yfret [participle, past], freted [participle, past], yfreted [participle, past]
  1. To consume, to devour, to eat (usually of animals).
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-SD7Ea8ba
  2. (figurative) To ruin; to devastate. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-dzFxqlbH
  3. To wear or abrade; to rub or chafe at:
    To gnaw or chomp; to attack with the teeth.
    Categories (topical): Jewelry
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-fNwSXEMn Disambiguation of Jewelry: 5 6 18 18 18 6 8 6 5 9
  4. To wear or abrade; to rub or chafe at:
    To corrode; to eat or wear away.
    Categories (topical): Emotions, Jewelry Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-2wJpRd~h Disambiguation of Emotions: 7 5 9 47 13 1 17 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Jewelry: 5 6 18 18 18 6 8 6 5 9 Disambiguation of Animals: 23 5 8 41 2 3 17 1 0 0 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 1 3 2 1 15 1 1 7 1 1 1 19 23 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 10 6 41 5 4 17 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 12 17 12 39 12 9
  5. To wear or abrade; to rub or chafe at:
    (figurative) To wear at; to annoy or injure.
    Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Jewelry, Pain
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-oGi9-yaS Disambiguation of Jewelry: 5 6 18 18 18 6 8 6 5 9 Disambiguation of Pain: 5 5 4 25 41 3 11 3 2 2
  6. (rare, cooking) To force through a strainer. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Cooking, Food and drink
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-ptT8eCn1 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 22 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ffrete, frete, fretyn, vreten Synonyms (early): freoten Related terms: fret, forfreten
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈfrɛːtən/, /ˈfrɛtən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French frete, past participle of freter (“to decorate”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to decorate}}, {{bor+|enm|fro|frete}} Borrowed from Old French frete Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} freten, {{enm-verb|freteth|fretynge|frette|fret}} freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frette, past participle fret) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|freten|c=te|c2=ed|inf2=0}} Forms: freteth [present, singular, third-person], fretynge [participle, present], frette [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], fret [participle, past], weak [table-tags], fretenen [infinitive], to fretenen [infinitive], fretene [first-person, present, singular], fretente [first-person, past, singular], fretened [first-person, past, singular], fretenest [present, second-person, singular], fretentest [past, second-person, singular], fretenedest [past, second-person, singular], freteneth [present, singular, third-person], fretente [past, singular, third-person], fretened [past, singular, third-person], fretene [present, singular, subjunctive], fretente [past, singular, subjunctive], fretened [past, singular, subjunctive], fretene [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], fretenen [plural, present], fretene [plural, present], fretenten [past, plural], fretente [past, plural], freteneden [past, plural], fretenede [past, plural], freteneth [imperative, plural, present], fretene [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fretenynge [participle, present], fretenende [participle, present], fretent [participle, past], fretened [participle, past], yfretent [participle, past], yfretened [participle, past]
  1. To decorate with precious adornments (often wire or gems)
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-p2ZRg2XU
  2. To supply, stock or load; to make full.
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-5hqeK8b-
  3. (rare) To place as such a decoration. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-sUkZBG4M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fret Related terms: fret
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈfrɛːtən/, /ˈfrɛtən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French fretter, freter, from frette (“ring”). See fretter. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to bind}}, {{bor+|enm|fro|fretter}} Borrowed from Old French fretter Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} freten, {{enm-verb|freteth|fretynge|frette|fret}} freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frette, past participle fret) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|freten|c=te|c2=ed|inf2=0}} Forms: freteth [present, singular, third-person], fretynge [participle, present], frette [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], fret [participle, past], weak [table-tags], fretenen [infinitive], to fretenen [infinitive], fretene [first-person, present, singular], fretente [first-person, past, singular], fretened [first-person, past, singular], fretenest [present, second-person, singular], fretentest [past, second-person, singular], fretenedest [past, second-person, singular], freteneth [present, singular, third-person], fretente [past, singular, third-person], fretened [past, singular, third-person], fretene [present, singular, subjunctive], fretente [past, singular, subjunctive], fretened [past, singular, subjunctive], fretene [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], fretenen [plural, present], fretene [plural, present], fretenten [past, plural], fretente [past, plural], freteneden [past, plural], fretenede [past, plural], freteneth [imperative, plural, present], fretene [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fretenynge [participle, present], fretenende [participle, present], fretent [participle, past], fretened [participle, past], yfretent [participle, past], yfretened [participle, past]
  1. To bind or tie, especially with a loop Synonyms: fretten
    Sense id: en-freten-enm-verb-ctUtgGS3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fret
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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      "form": "fretede",
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      "form": "freted",
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      "form": "yfreted",
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fret"
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  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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, […]",
          "ref": "1370–1390, William Langland, “Passus. xviii. de visione”, in Piers Plowman:",
          "text": "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 […]",
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        "To consume, to devour, to eat (usually of animals)."
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        "To ruin; to devastate."
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        [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To ruin; to devastate."
      ],
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vreten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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}

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        "singular"
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    },
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
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    {
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        "present"
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        "past"
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    },
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yfretent",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfretened",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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        "(rare) To place as such a decoration."
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      "ipa": "/ˈfrɛtən/"
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}

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        "present",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fretente",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretenen",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fretene",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fretente",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fretenede",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freteneth",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fretene",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "-",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "fretenende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretened",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yfretent",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfretened",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      "form": "freted",
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          "english": "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, […]",
          "ref": "1370–1390, William Langland, “Passus. xviii. de visione”, in Piers Plowman:",
          "text": "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 […]",
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      "form": "fretene",
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      "form": "fretene",
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      "form": "fretenten",
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      "form": "fretente",
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      "form": "freteneden",
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        "past",
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      "form": "fretenede",
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      "form": "fretenynge",
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      "form": "fretenende",
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      "form": "fretent",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "fretened",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "yfretent",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yfretened",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
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        "3": "frette",
        "4": "fret"
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    {
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        "To decorate with precious adornments (often wire or gems)"
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        [
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          "precious",
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          "wire",
          "wire#English"
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          "gem",
          "gem#English"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To supply, stock or load; to make full."
      ],
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        [
          "supply",
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          "load",
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      "glosses": [
        "To place as such a decoration."
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        "(rare) To place as such a decoration."
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrɛːtən/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrɛtən/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "fret"
    }
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}

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        "plural",
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      "form": "fretenten",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretente",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "freteneden",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretenede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "freteneth",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "fretene",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "-",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "fretenynge",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fretenende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretened",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yfretent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfretened",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "To bind or tie, especially with a loop"
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          "tie",
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          "loop",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrɛːtən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrɛtən/"
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    {
      "word": "fretten"
    }
  ],
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}

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