Another archaic spelling variant of 'fray,' indicating a historical form of the word that has since been standardized.
An obsolete or regional spelling of 'fray,' reflecting Middle English or dialectal pronunciation. The '-e' ending was common in older English before spelling standardization.
Medieval and Renaissance writers would freely use multiple spellings of the same word in a single document—'frayne,' 'fray,' and 'fraye' might all appear on one page because standardized spelling was centuries away from being invented.
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