freit
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːt
Noun
freit (plural freits)
- (Scotland) A superstitious object or observance; a charm, an omen.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 215:
- He was a toad, a worm, a freit – not fit for human company.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 215:
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology 1
See freindre.
Verb
freit
Etymology 2
See froit.
Adjective
freit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular freide)
- Alternative form of froit
Declension
Declension of freit
Noun
freit oblique singular, m (oblique plural freiz or freitz, nominative singular freiz or freitz, nominative plural freit)
- Alternative form of froit
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːt
- Rhymes:English/iːt/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Scottish English
- Old French non-lemma forms
- Old French past participles
- Old French lemmas
- Old French adjectives
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns