frá

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See also: fra, Fra, FRA, frå, fra-, and fra.

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse frá, from Proto-Germanic *fram.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

frá

  1. (with dative) from, away from, about

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

frá

  1. adverbial form of preposition, used in compounds

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fram (from), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (forth, forward). Cognate with Old English fram, Old Saxon fram, Old Dutch fram-, Old High German fram, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram).

Preposition[edit]

frá

  1. (with dative) from, away from, about

Adverb[edit]

frá (not comparable)

  1. away
  2. hence, henceforth
  3. secondly, next
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: frá
  • Faroese: frá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frå
  • Elfdalian: frą̊
  • Old Swedish: frā
  • Old Danish: fra, fraa, fran
    • Danish: fra
      • Norwegian Bokmål: fra
  • Old English: fra

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

frá

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of fregna