fret

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fret1 †devour OE.; gnaw; also fig. XII; chafe, irritate, vex XIII. OE. str. vb. fretan = MLG., MDu. vrēten (Du. vreten), OHG. frezzan, (G. fressen), Goth. fraïtan; f. Gmc. *fra- FOR-1 + *etan EAT.
Hence as sb. XV.

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