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fray (n.)
mid-14c., "feeling of alarm," shortening of
affray
(q.v.; see also
afraid
). Meaning "a brawl, a fight" is from early 15c.
fray (v.)
"wear out by rubbing," c.1405, from M.Fr.
frayer,
from O.Fr.
freier,
from L.
fricare
"to rub."
