forfreten

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • vorfreten

Etymology

From for- +‎ freten (“to eat (at)”); compare West Frisian forfrette (“to eat up, devour”), German verfressen (“greedy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔrˈfrɛ̞ːtən/

Verb

forfreten (third-person singular simple present forfreteth, present participle forfretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative forfrat, past participle forfreten)

  1. To devour or eat up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of forfreten (strong class 5)
infinitive (to) forfreten, forfrete
present tense past tense
1st-person singular forfrete forfrat
2nd-person singular forfretest forfrete1
3rd-person singular forfreteth forfrat
subjunctive singular forfrete forfrete2
imperative singular —
plural3 forfreten, forfrete forfreten, forfrete
imperative plural forfreteth, forfrete —
participles forfretynge, forfretende forfreten, forfrete

1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or forfratest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

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