"fretan" meaning in Old English

See fretan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfre.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, corresponding to for- + etan. Cognate with Old Saxon fretan (Middle Low German vreten), Old High German frezzan (German fressen), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fraetan}} Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, {{prefix|ang|for|etan}} for- + etan, {{cog|osx|fretan}} Old Saxon fretan, {{cog|gml|vreten}} Middle Low German vreten, {{cog|goh|frezzan}} Old High German frezzan, {{cog|de|fressen}} German fressen, {{cog|got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} fretan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|fretan<s5>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], fretan [infinitive], fretenne [infinitive], frete [first-person, present, singular], frǣt [first-person, past, singular], fritst [present, second-person, singular], frǣte [past, second-person, singular], fritt [present, singular, third-person], frit [present, singular, third-person], frǣt [past, singular, third-person], fretaþ [plural, present], frǣton [past, plural], frete [present, singular], frǣte [past, singular], freten [plural, present], frǣten [past, plural], fret [imperative, past, present, singular], fretaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], fretende [imperative, present], freten [imperative, past], ġefreten [imperative, past]
  1. to devour
    Sense id: en-fretan-ang-verb-sURggrIs Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with for-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. to break, burst
    Sense id: en-fretan-ang-verb-rdgxL5au Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with for-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "freten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: freten, ffrete, frete, fretyn, vreten, freoten\nEnglish: fret\nScots: frete, freet",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: freten, ffrete, frete, fretyn, vreten, freoten\nEnglish: fret\nScots: frete, freet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fraetan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fraetan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "for",
        "3": "etan"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + etan",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fretan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fretan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "vreten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vreten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "frezzan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German frezzan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fressen"
      },
      "expansion": "German fressen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, corresponding to for- + etan. Cognate with Old Saxon fretan (Middle Low German vreten), Old High German frezzan (German fressen), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fritst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fritt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fret",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefreten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fretan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fretan<s5>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to devour"
      ],
      "id": "en-fretan-ang-verb-sURggrIs",
      "links": [
        [
          "devour",
          "devour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to break, burst"
      ],
      "id": "en-fretan-ang-verb-rdgxL5au",
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "burst",
          "burst"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfre.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fretan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 5 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms prefixed with for-",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "freten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: freten, ffrete, frete, fretyn, vreten, freoten\nEnglish: fret\nScots: frete, freet",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: freten, ffrete, frete, fretyn, vreten, freoten\nEnglish: fret\nScots: frete, freet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fraetan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fraetan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "for",
        "3": "etan"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + etan",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fretan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fretan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "vreten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vreten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "frezzan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German frezzan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fressen"
      },
      "expansion": "German fressen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, corresponding to for- + etan. Cognate with Old Saxon fretan (Middle Low German vreten), Old High German frezzan (German fressen), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fritst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fritt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fret",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fretende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefreten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fretan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fretan<s5>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to devour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devour",
          "devour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to break, burst"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "burst",
          "burst"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfre.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fretan"
}

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