frae

frae [frey] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN preposition, adverb Scot. from. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of frae 1175–1225; Middle English (north) fra, frae Old Norse frā from Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for frae Historical Examples of frae

He’s jist as dour as ever, and as far as man could weel be frae them he cam o’!

Salted With Fire

George MacDonald

It wud be naething but cat and dog atween’s frae mornin to nicht!’

Heather and Snow

George MacDonald

There was no licht in’t but what cam’ noo an’ than frae a low i’ the fire.

David Elginbrod

George MacDonald

Shoemakers were then a very drucken set, but his beasts keepit him frae them.

Captains of Industry

James Parton

A’ I got frae him I could put in my e’e, and see nane the waur for’t.

The Proverbs of Scotland

Alexander Hislop

British Dictionary definitions for frae frae preposition 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