friare

1 friare [CL] , to break in small pieces, pulverize. fragmina ‥ minutatim in frusta ~abat Aldh. VirgP 23 p. 254 (cf. GlC F 346: ~abat, fregit; WW: 9‥ ~abat, confregit); idola fracta frians et mox in frusta resolvens Id. VirgV 1541 (cf. WW: 9‥ †friens, brytende); †fricabat, fregit, gebrytte; †fricans, comminuens GlH F 736–7.

2 friare [ME frien, OF freier, frier] , (of fish) to spawn. 1269 quod magna destruccio sit in aquis in comitatu isto de salmonibus, tempore quo salmones ascendunt ad ~andum, et similiter de salmunculis, tempore quo descendunt ad mare AssizeR Northumb 208; 1278 tempore quo salmones ascendunt ad ~andum JustIt (Cumb) 132 m. 32d..

3 friare v. friere

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