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frettan

  • verb [ weak ]
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frettan, p. te; pp. ed
To feed upon, eat up, consume; depasci
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  • Hine [wíngeard] wilde deór wéstaþ and frettaþ

    singŭlāris fĕrus depastus est eam [vīneam ],

    • Ps. Th. 79, 13.
  • Hie ðæt corn forbærndon, and mid hira horsum fretton on ǽlcere efenéhþe

    they burned the corn, and with their horses ate it up on every plain,

    • Chr. 894
    • ;
    • Erl. 93, 12.
  • Fretton

    comederunt,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 4.
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  • frettan, v.