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Meaning of freet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/fɹiːt/

Definitions

  1. A surname from German.
  2. A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition.
  3. A superstitious rite, observance, wont, or practice.
  4. A charm.

Examples

“If the old “freet” be true “ that those who fall when at the handspake aneath the corpse, will soon be the corpse themsell," there would soon be a good few corspes; for at these "druken" concerns, the bearers are falling some of them every now and then.”
“Oh, sister Ellen, sister sweet, Come with me to the hill I pray, And I will prove that blessed freet!”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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