frá

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

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Preposition

frá

1. from, away from, about [with dative]

Derived terms

• bíta frá sér
• dag frá degi (“from one day to the next”)
• fara frá
• frá morgni til kvölds (“from morning to evening”)
• segja frá (“to tell about”)
• til eða frá
• upp frá því (“from then on”)
• vera ekki frá því að
• vera frá sér (“to be out of one's mind”)
• vera frá, koma frá (“to come from, to be from, to hail from”)

 

Adverb

frá

1. adverbial form of preposition, used in compounds

Derived terms

• héðan í frá (“from now on”)
• til og frá (“to and fro”)
• út í frá (“among strangers”)
• vera af og frá (“to be out of the question”)

 

Anagrams

• fár

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

frá

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

Adverb

frá (not comparable)

1. away
2. hence, henceforth
3. secondly, next

Descendants

• Icelandic: frá
• Faroese: frá
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frå
• Elfdalian: frą̊
• Old Swedish: frā
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: frān
    • Swedish: från
• Old Danish: fra, fraa, fran
  • Danish: fra
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fra
• → Old English: fra
  • Middle English: fra, fro
    • English: fro
    • Geordie English: frae, fra
    • Scots: frae, fra, fro, fae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frá

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