An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

2. A petulant young man.
Douglas.

Su. G. fraeck, tumidus, insolens.

FREIRIS, s. A friary.
Bellenden.

O. Fr. frairies, id.

To FREITH, FRETH, v. a. To protect.

A. S. frith-ian, id.

Douglas.

To FREITH, v. a. To liberate.
Wallace.

A. S. ge-frith-ian, id.

FREIT, FREET, FRET, s. A superstitious notion, with respect to any thing as a good or bad omen, S.
Wyntown.
2. A superstitious observance, a charm, S.
K. Ja. VI.
3. Any act of worship, proceeding from superstition.
More.
4. To stand on frets, to stickle at trifles, S. B.
Ross.