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freter

freter

See also: fréter

Old French

Alternative forms

fretter

Verb

freter

to fret (decorate with an interlacing pattern)
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 186 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 2332:
  escu ot d'or a vair freté
  he had a golden shield fretted with vair

Descendants

English: fret (borrowed)
French: fretter

References

fretter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
“fretter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).