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
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