frae

[frey]

preposition

Scot.

1. from.

frae

/ freɪ /

preposition

1. a Scot word for from

Word History and Origins

Origin of frae¹

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

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.

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“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.

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“We’ve come frae RAF Maidsend and Ah’ve had this wee spot o’ bother wi’ me bike.

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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.”

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“It wad frae manie a blunder free us.”

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