freet

Meaning

Noun

• A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition.
• A superstitious rite, observance, wont, or practise.
• A charm.

Origin

• From Middle English frete ("superstition"), from Old Norse frétt ("news, intelligence, inquiry, inquiry about the future"), from Proto-Germanic *frihtiz, related to Icelandic frétt ("news"), Icelandic frétta ("to review"), Danish and Norwegian fritte, English frain ("to question"). More at frain.