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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *fraetaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_fraetaną</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_fraetana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fraetaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>fraetaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˌɸrɑ.ˈe.tɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚠᚱᚨᛖᛏᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 5</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to devour, eat up, consume</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *fra- + *etaną.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>fraetō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>fraetaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>fraetai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fraitizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fraetaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fraet</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fraetazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fraetaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>fraitidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>fraetai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>fraetadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>fraetadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>fraetaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>fraetōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>fraetaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>fraetadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>fraetaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>fraetadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>fraetamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>fraetaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>fraetandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>fraetaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fraitid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fraetaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fraitid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fraetandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fraetaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fraetandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fraetain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fraetandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fraetandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fraetaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>fraēt</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>fraētį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fraēst</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fraētīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>fraēt</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>fraētī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>fraētū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>fraētīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>fraētudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>fraētīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>fraētum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>fraētīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fraētud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fraētīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fraētun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fraētīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>fraetandz, fraitandz, fretandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>fraetanaz, fraitanaz, fretanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>fraetaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fraetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*fretan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrēten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>vraete</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fraetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*fretan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vrēten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>vreten</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>vreet</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fraetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>fretan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>freten, ffrete, frete, fretyn, vreten, freoten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>fret</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>frete, freet</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fraetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>freta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>freete</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>frette</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fraetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frëȥȥan, firëȥȥan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrëȥȥen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                        <orth>vrèssan, brèssan, vrèzzan</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>friessen</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Vilamovian</lang>
                        <orth>fraosa</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fraetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frëȥȥan, firëȥȥan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrëȥȥen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>fressen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>fress</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Polish</lang>
                          <orth>frasować</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fraetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>frëȥȥan, firëȥȥan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vrëȥȥen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>פֿרעסן (fresn)</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>fress</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*fraetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>fretan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>vrēten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>freten, friätten</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>fräta</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
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