fretten.
to struggle with a very tedious task
Meaning & usage
to struggle with a very tedious task
to chafe, make sore
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German vret(t)en, vraten, from Old High German *fretten, fratōn (“to chafe, rub”), derived from frat (“sore”). Cognate with Luxembourgish frieden (“to touch”). Further origin unknown. The word cannot be immediately cognate with English fret, which instead corresponds to German fressen. Origin from a derivative of Latin fricāre (cf. Italian frettare) is also unlikely because of the underlying a-vocalism.
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