freke
obsolete
freke is a noun meaning “A brave man, a warrior, a man-at-arms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-K-E, and it appears about once in every 41 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of freke is frekes or freken.
What does freke mean?
noun
- 1
obsoleteA brave man, a warrior, a man-at-arms.
- 2
obsoleteA man; a human being; a person.
- 3
obsoleteA creature such as a giant, demon, angel.
- 4
ScotlandobsoleteObsolete form of freak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of freke
- freak
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freke?
Freke appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does freke come from?
From Middle English freke (“a bold man, warrior, man, creature”), from Old English freca (“a bold man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *frekô (“an active or eagre man, warrior, wolf”), from *frekaz (“active, bold, desirous, greedy”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast”). Akin with Old Norse freki (“greedy or avaricious one, a wolf”), Old High German freh (“eager”), Old English frēcne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).