yfrettedadj.1
eaten, worn away or into holes.
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c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. vi. 19 Ubi aerugo et tinea demolitur, huer rust & mohða gfreten bið.
c1275 XI Pains of Hell 19 in Old Eng. Misc. 147 Wrmes habbeþ my fleys ifreten.
13.. Pol. Songs (Camden) 201 That his fleis be al i-frette.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 58 Þe substance of þe veyne yfreted may noȝt be souded with-out disese.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 17468 Conswmyd, and yffret a-way.
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 2 v Thy prisonere, Whose chaines hath through his hart yfreat.
a1577 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 69 I may no praise unto a knife bequeath Wyth rust yfret though painted be the sheath.
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yfrettedadj.2
furnished, studded.
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1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 588 I sawh ther cordys rovnd & long, Al yffret with knottys strong.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 725 His necke in many a ruge Yfretted grete.
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