"fre" meaning in Scots

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Adjective

Forms: mair fre [comparative], maist fre [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, beloved”), from *preyH- (“to love, to please”). Related to English friend. Cognate with West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), Low German free (“free”), German frei (“free”), Friede (“peace”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian fri (“free”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá). Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*preyH-}}, {{inh|sco|enm|fre}} Middle English fre, {{m|enm|freo}} freo, {{inh|sco|ang|frēo||free}} Old English frēo (“free”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*frī}} Proto-West Germanic *frī, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*frijaz||beloved, not in bondage}} Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*priHós||dear, beloved}} Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, beloved”), {{m|ine-pro|*preyH-||to love, to please}} *preyH- (“to love, to please”), {{cog|en|friend}} English friend, {{cog|fy|frij||free}} West Frisian frij (“free”), {{cog|nl|vrij||free}} Dutch vrij (“free”), {{cog|nds|free||free}} Low German free (“free”), {{cog|de|frei||free}} German frei (“free”), {{m|de|Friede||peace}} Friede (“peace”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{cog|no|fri||free}} Norwegian fri (“free”), {{cog|sa|प्रिय|tr=priyá}} Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá) Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair fre|||||superlative|maist fre||||}} fre (comparative mair fre, superlative maist fre), {{sco-adj}} fre (comparative mair fre, superlative maist fre)
  1. free
    Sense id: en-fre-sco-adj-rZXV-mUb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: free, frey

Verb

Forms: fres [present, singular, third-person], frein [participle, present], fret [past], fret [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, beloved”), from *preyH- (“to love, to please”). Related to English friend. Cognate with West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), Low German free (“free”), German frei (“free”), Friede (“peace”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian fri (“free”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá). Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*preyH-}}, {{inh|sco|enm|fre}} Middle English fre, {{m|enm|freo}} freo, {{inh|sco|ang|frēo||free}} Old English frēo (“free”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*frī}} Proto-West Germanic *frī, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*frijaz||beloved, not in bondage}} Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*priHós||dear, beloved}} Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, beloved”), {{m|ine-pro|*preyH-||to love, to please}} *preyH- (“to love, to please”), {{cog|en|friend}} English friend, {{cog|fy|frij||free}} West Frisian frij (“free”), {{cog|nl|vrij||free}} Dutch vrij (“free”), {{cog|nds|free||free}} Low German free (“free”), {{cog|de|frei||free}} German frei (“free”), {{m|de|Friede||peace}} Friede (“peace”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{cog|no|fri||free}} Norwegian fri (“free”), {{cog|sa|प्रिय|tr=priyá}} Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá) Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|fres|present participle|frein|simple past|fret|past participle|fret|head=}} fre (third-person singular simple present fres, present participle frein, simple past fret, past participle fret), {{sco-verb}} fre (third-person singular simple present fres, present participle frein, simple past fret, past participle fret)
  1. to free
    Sense id: en-fre-sco-verb-1FhB2BeB Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: free, frey

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    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Scots terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preyH-",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Scots verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*preyH-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fre"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "freo"
      },
      "expansion": "freo",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "frēo",
        "4": "",
        "5": "free"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English frēo (“free”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*frī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frijaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beloved, not in bondage"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*priHós",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dear, beloved"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, beloved”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*preyH-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to love, to please"
      },
      "expansion": "*preyH- (“to love, to please”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "friend"
      },
      "expansion": "English friend",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "frij",
        "3": "",
        "4": "free"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian frij (“free”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vrij",
        "3": "",
        "4": "free"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vrij (“free”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "free",
        "3": "",
        "4": "free"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German free (“free”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "frei",
        "3": "",
        "4": "free"
      },
      "expansion": "German frei (“free”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Friede",
        "3": "",
        "4": "peace"
      },
      "expansion": "Friede (“peace”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "fri",
        "3": "",
        "4": "free"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian fri (“free”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "प्रिय",
        "tr": "priyá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, beloved”), from *preyH- (“to love, to please”).\nRelated to English friend. Cognate with West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), Low German free (“free”), German frei (“free”), Friede (“peace”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian fri (“free”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fres",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frein",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fret",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fret",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "fret",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "third-person singular simple present",
        "4": "fres",
        "5": "present participle",
        "6": "frein",
        "7": "simple past",
        "8": "fret",
        "9": "past participle",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fre (third-person singular simple present fres, present participle frein, simple past fret, past participle fret)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fre (third-person singular simple present fres, present participle frein, simple past fret, past participle fret)",
      "name": "sco-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to free"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "free"
    },
    {
      "word": "frey"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fre"
}

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