freter

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See also: fréter

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

fret +‎ -er. See frette.

Verb

freter

  1. to fret (decorate with an interlacing pattern)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 186, line 2332:
      escu ot d'or a vair freté
      he had a golden shield fretted with vair

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of freter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive freter avoir freté
gerund en fretant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle fretant
past participle freté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present fret fretes frete fretons fretez fretent
imperfect fretoie, freteie, fretoe, freteve fretoies, freteies, fretoes, freteves fretoit, freteit, fretot, freteve fretiiens, fretiens fretiiez, fretiez fretoient, freteient, fretoent, fretevent
preterite fretai fretas freta fretames fretastes freterent
future freterai freteras fretera freterons freteroiz, fretereiz, freterez freteront
conditional freteroie, fretereie freteroies, fretereies freteroit, fretereit freteriiens, freteriens freteriiez, freteriez freteroient, fretereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present fret frez fret fretons fretez fretent
imperfect fretasse fretasses fretast fretissons, fretissiens fretissoiz, fretissez, fretissiez fretassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— frete — fretons fretez —

Descendants

  • French: fretter
  • → English: fret (“decorate with an interlacing pattern”)

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