Both Uses
fetter
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.†
p. 66.1 *fetter = restrain or hinder
- Then again the kindly influence ceased to act—I found myself fettered again to grief and indulging in all the misery of reflection.†
p. 98.6fettered = restrained or hindered
Definitions:
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(1)
(fetter) to restrain or hinder
or more archaically:
a shackle for the ankles - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)