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動詞

freten

1. singular present subjunctive of fretan

別の表記

• ffrete, frete, fretyn, vreten
• (early) freoten

発音

• IPA: /ˈfrɛ̞ːtən/

動詞

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

関連する語

• fret
• forfreten

派生した語

• English: fret
• Scots: frete, freet

参照

• “frēten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 2

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

別の表記

• fret

発音

• IPA: /ˈfrɛːtən/, /ˈfrɛtən/

動詞

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.

使用する際の注意点

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

Conjugation

関連する語

• fret

派生した語

• English: fret

参照

• “frēten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “frēten, v.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 3

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

別の表記

• fretten

発音

• IPA: /ˈfrɛːtən/, /ˈfrɛtən/

動詞

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

使用する際の注意点

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

Conjugation

関連する語

• fret

派生した語

• English: fret

参照

• “frēten, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.