Type Word Usage Old High German [1] Meaning & History Old High German word meaning "free". Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesfreo(Anglo-Saxon) frijaz(Old Germanic) Surname DescendantFrei(German) Sources & References Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry frī, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.