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frae

prepositionplace

Marks origin or point of departure

Marks origin, source or point of departure — used in the same sense as the Standard English word "from".

Example in use

“She cam frae Lerwick.”

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/FRAY/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: from

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