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frae

[ frey ]

preposition

, Scot.


frae

/ freɪ /

preposition

  1. a Scot word for from
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of frae1

1175–1225; Middle English (north) fra, frae < Old Norse frā from
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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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