Middle English Dictionary Entry
frē̆ten v.(4)
Entry Info
| Forms | frē̆ten v.(4) Also fretten. Ppl. fret, fretted. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF fret transportation, cargo (from MDu. vrecht). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fraughten, freighten.
1.
(a) To load (a ship); fill (a chest); (b) fret ful of (with), loaded or fraught with (something, esp. something bad), full of.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1321-2) RParl.1.406a : Mostre Johan Kygge..avoit frette sa Neef de Hardeng & autres vitailes a la value de xl li. d'aver carie a la Cite..de Notingham. ]
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)339 : Wyth alle þe fode þat may be founde, frette þy cofer.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)18426 : No man wolde hond theron set, Ne here schippes no more ffret, For thei hadde filled bothe schip & barge.
- (1438) Proc.Privy C.5.106 : Youre seide suppliant..aspied and toke..tweye shippes fretted with wolle cloth and othre merchaundise.
b
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)6.71 : Þenne schaltou Blenchen at a brok ber-no-fals-witnesse, He is frettet [vrr. frettid, frethid] with-Innen with Floreyns and oþes wel monye.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4705 : Love, it is an hatefull pees..A trouthe, fret full of falsheede.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Doubl.(Frf 16)80 : Ther kynde ys frete with doublenesse.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.69 : With alle the goodes þat longeþ to my right, I had the fret fully wiþ habundaunce.
- a1605(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(2))18130 : I set eke out..bullis fret full of pardon.