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) To devour or eat up. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== References ==== “forfrēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.