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§80; §505;
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  • Freteð

    lurcatur (gula dulcis fercula victus, Aid. 204, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 43 : 52, 36. (l a) figurative :-- Sácerdas þe fretað and forswelgað folces synna sacerdotes qui comedunt peccata populi, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 40.Þá þe freotas (deuorant )

    hús widwana.
      Mk. R. 12, 40.
of animals
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  • Ðæt ilce ðæt se hund áspáw, hé hit eft frit,

      Past. 419, 30.

  • Fryt

    devorat,

      Ll. Th. ii. 174, 31.

  • Fretan lurcare (gulosa beluarum ingluvies praedam

    lurcare

    non audens,
      Aid. 49, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 51: 52, 35.
to destroy by the action of (
mid) animals or things
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  • Hié þæt corn frǽton mid hirá horsum, Chr. 894; P. 88, n. 4 Ðonne hié bióð innan fretene mid ðǽre ádle

    dum se ista intrinsecus peste consumunt.

      Past. 235, ii. v. ge-fretan ; moþ-freten.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fretan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/46443.

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