fra
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9.9
To say where someone or something comes from in Scots and northern English
- adposition
- UK
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de
- He walked fra the farm to the market every morning.
Examples
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The letter is fra my friend.
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Stories fra the old country were told by the fire each night.
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The villagers came fra all sides to celebrate the harvest in the square.
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He comes fra the north of England.
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The children ran fra the school to meet their parents in the park.
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She received a package fra her grandmother in Scotland.
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The story comes fra a place rich in history and folklore.
Synonyms
1
9.9
From a place, common in old writing and speech
is used in Scots and northern dialects rather than as an archaic form
Surface Forms
fra main
Etymology
The word fra is a Scots preposition that comes from the same old word as English from and the Norse frá, all meaning 'from' or 'away from'. So fra is simply the northern way to say 'from'.