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frore

uncommon archaic rare

adjective

1.

very cold

  • “whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet”
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Origin

From Middle English frore, froare, yfrore, froren, from Old English froren, ġefroren (“frozen”), from Proto-West Germanic *froʀan, from Proto-Germanic *fruzanaz (“frozen”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”). Doublet of frorn and frozen.

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