Middle English Dictionary Entry
freit n.
Entry Info
| Forms | freit n. Also frete. |
| Etymology | OE freht augury (akin to frignan inquire), & ON frētt inquiry. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Augury, divination; god ~, good omen, good luck.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28310 : I ha ben mistruand..And folud wichecrafte and frete And charmyng, crist þerof me bete!
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)104/4 : The schipmen sayde ech to oþir, lete us take þe watyr in Mary name; we ar likly to haue a good freyte. This saide þei of grete sikyrnesse, for þei trostid mech vp-on þis mannes vertue.