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frue

Pronunciation: /fruːə/

“frue” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. lady (a married adult woman)
  2. Mrs, ma'am (a polite address of an adult women)
  3. wife
  4. lady, mistress (a woman with authority)

Etymology

From Old Saxon frūa Cognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”), Old Norse freyja (“lady”), Freyja (name of goddess) (late Old Norse frúa and Swedish fru are also borrowed from Old Saxon). A feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”).

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