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V (v-strong-5)

to eat up, gnaw,FRET, devour, consume

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/12367

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 47 ("fræt")

Inflected forms
fræt "devour.pst.3sg" (oe-past-3sg)

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