An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 323
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 323
~Frane~, _s._ Inquiry.
_Chron. S. P._
_To_ FRATE, _v. n._ To chafe by friction.
Su. G. _fraet-a_, to gnaw.
_Douglas._
_To_ FRAUCHT, FRAWCHT, _v. a._ To freight, S.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Teut. _vracht-en_, vectare, Sax. _fracht-en_.
~Fraught~, ~Frawcht~, _s._
1. Freight of a vessel, S.
_Wyntown._
2. The fare, S.
Teut. _vracht_.
_Kelly._
~Frauchtisman~, _s._ One who has the charge of loading a vessel.
_Acts Ja. III._
FRAWART, FRAWARTIS, _prep._ From.
_Douglas._
A. S. _fra_, and _weard_, denoting place.
FRAWFULL, _adj._ Perhaps, malapert.
A. S. _fraefel_, praec.o.x.
_Dunbar._
_To_ FRE, _v. n._ To inquire.
_Maitland P._
Su. G. _fra_, Isl. _frae_, id.
FRE, _adj._ n.o.ble.
_Wallace._
A. S. _freo_, ingenuus.
FRE, _adj._ Beautiful.
_Wyntown._
O. Su. G. _fri_, pulcher.
~Fre~, _s._ A lady, from the adj.
_Maitland P._
_To_ FREATH, _v. n._ To froth, S.
_Burns._
_To_ ~Freath~, _v. a._ To work up into froth, S.
_Ramsay._
~Freath~, _s._ Froth, S.
Dan. _fraade_, spuma.
FRECHURE, _s._ Coolness.
_Chron. S. P._
Fr. _fraischure_, id.
FRECK, _adj._
V. ~Frack~.
FREDFULL, _adj._ Read _frendfull_, Friendly.