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affrettare

affrettare (affrect-) [OF afreter; cf. frettare] 1 to freight, load (for). b to load, consign (goods). 1264 cum ‥ major ‥ ville de Depe ‥ navem illam affretasset ad quendam militem ad partes Hibernie in eadem ducendum Cl 81; 1390 ~avit unam crayeram SelPlAdm I 15; 1440 navis ‥ existentis in portu London’ et ibidem ~ate ad velificandum deinde ‥ usque portum Bayonie Cl 290 m. 5d..  b 1549 cum dictis 4500 kintals in eadem navi ~atis Entries 409b. 2 (?) to sail. 1276 dum ‥ in terram Wallie crederet per mare nostrum †affretare [MS. (?) offretare; (?) cf. transfretare] TreatyR I 55.

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