# freten
## Galician
### Verb

freten
* inflection of fretar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Alternative forms

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfrɛːtən/

#### Verb

freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frat, past participle freten)
* 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, […]
* (figurative) To ruin; to devastate.
* To wear or abrade; to rub or chafe at:
** To gnaw or chomp; to attack with the teeth.
** To corrode; to eat or wear away.
** (figurative) To wear at; to annoy or injure.
* (rare, cooking) To force through a strainer.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) freten, frete | (to) freten, frete |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | frete | frat, fret, frette, freted |
| 2nd-person singular | fretest | frete, frat, fret, frettest, fretedest |
| 3rd-person singular | freteth, fret | frat, fret, frette, freted |
| subjunctive singular | frete | frete$^1$, frette$^1$, freted$^1$ |
| imperative singular | frete | — |
| plural$^2$ | freten, frete | freten, frete, fretten, frette, freteden, fretede |
| imperative plural | freteth, frete | — |
| participles | fretynge, fretende | (y)freten, (y)frete, (y)fret, (y)freted |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* fret
* forfreten

##### Descendants

* English: fret
* Scots: frete, freet

##### References

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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

* fret

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfrɛːtən/, /ˈfrɛtən/

#### Verb

freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frette, past participle fret)
* To decorate with precious adornments (often wire or gems)
* To supply, stock or load; to make full.
* (rare) To place as such a decoration.

##### Usage notes

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

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) fretenen | (to) fretenen |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | fretene | fretente, fretened |
| 2nd-person singular | fretenest | fretentest, fretenedest |
| 3rd-person singular | freteneth | fretente, fretened |
| subjunctive singular | fretene | fretente, fretened |
| imperative singular | fretene | — |
| plural$^1$ | fretenen, fretene | fretenten, fretente, freteneden, fretenede |
| imperative plural | freteneth, fretene | — |
| participles | fretenynge, fretenende | fretent, fretened, yfretent, yfretened |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* fret

##### Descendants

* English: fret

#### References

* “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.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Alternative forms

* fretten

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfrɛːtən/, /ˈfrɛtən/

#### Verb

freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frette, past participle fret)
* To bind or tie, especially with a loop

##### Usage notes

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

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) fretenen | (to) fretenen |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | fretene | fretente, fretened |
| 2nd-person singular | fretenest | fretentest, fretenedest |
| 3rd-person singular | freteneth | fretente, fretened |
| subjunctive singular | fretene | fretente, fretened |
| imperative singular | fretene | — |
| plural$^1$ | fretenen, fretene | fretenten, fretente, freteneden, fretenede |
| imperative plural | freteneth, fretene | — |
| participles | fretenynge, fretenende | fretent, fretened, yfretent, yfretened |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* fret

##### Descendants

* English: fret

#### References

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

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfre.ten/

### Verb

freten
* singular present subjunctive of fretan

## Spanish
### Verb

freten
* inflection of fretar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative