In Scots dialect, to fret, worry, or fidget about something; to move restlessly.
From Middle English 'fraiken' or Scots 'fraik', possibly related to Old Norse or Germanic roots meaning to move restlessly. The word persisted in Scottish English dialects rather than spreading to standard English.
This Scots word survives mainly in regional dialects, showing how languages preserve 'fossil words' that died out in the standard version—it's like finding a living dinosaur in Scotland's verbal landscape!
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