freter

See also: fréter

Old French

Alternative forms

• fretter

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”)

References

• fretter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Etymology and history of “fretter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.