fraitan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: irregular strong verb (5)

(p fret) to eat up, consume; to devour

Etymology

[← fra- pref + itan v; OE fretan (Mod E fret); O Fris freta; O Sax fretan; Dt vreten; OHG firezzan, frezzan (Mod G fressen)]

Concordance

fraitiþ - 3 pers, sing, pres, indicat - Cor. II, XI, 20
fret - 3 pers, sing, p, indicat - Luk. XV, 30
fretun - 3 pers, pl, p, indicat - Mrk. IV, 4; Luk. VIII, 5

Paradigm

4.1.1.5. (b) V class irregular strong verbs

Some verbs of this class displayed certain anomalies in forming past tense forms. Namely, the verb bidjan (to pray; to beg, request) lost in the preterite its vowel -j- (e.g. ik bidja (I pray), but bedun (they prayed/asked)), while the verb fraíhnan (to inquire) lost in the preterite its consonant -n-.

V class irregular	infinitive	preterite singular	preterite plural	past participle
V class irregular	normal grade	normal grade	lengthened grade	normal grade
to pray; to beg	bidjan	bad	bēdum	bidans
to ask, inquire	fráihnan [-ɛ-]	frah	frēhum [-ē-]	fráihans [-ɛ-]

See the complete paradigm of the conjugation of strong verbs

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