freter
See also: fréter
Old French
Alternative forms
- fretter
Etymology
fret + -er. See frette.
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, line 2332:
- escu ot d'or a vair freté
- he had a golden shield fretted with vair
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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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the 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.