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frae
[ frey ]
frae
/ freɪ /
preposition
- a Scot word for from
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
It’s no canny to run frae London to the Black Sea wi’ a wind ahint ye, as though the Deil himself were blawin’ on yer sail for his ain purpose.
“When we got past the Bosphorus the men began to grumble; some o’ them, the Roumanians, came and asked me to heave overboard a big box which had been put on board by a queer lookin’ old man just before we had started frae London.
“We’ve come frae RAF Maidsend and Ah’ve had this wee spot o’ bother wi’ me bike.
Brian Sidlauskas, associate professor and curator of fishes at Oregon State University says it’s an Old Norse word, “frío, freó, fraé meaning seed or offspring.”
“It wad frae manie a blunder free us.”
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