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Definition of Froren
1. frore [adj] - See also: frore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Froren
Literary usage of Froren
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comparative Glossary of the Gothic Language with Especial Reference to by Gerhard Hubert Balg (1889)
"... NHG frieren (prêt, fror, prêt, partie, ge-froren), to freeze. Der.: OE frost,
forst (or for ro, by metathesis), т., MdL E. Mdri. E. frost, OHG frost, ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Allied to Fleck. Freak (2), to streak. (Scand.) A coined word ; short for freckle
below. Freeze. (E.) ME fresen. AS freis- an; pp. froren.lf\cA. ..."
3. Elementary Lessons in Historical English Grammar: Containing Accidence and by Richard Morris (1879)
"(4) froren = frozen. "My heart blood is well nigh froren (frozen) I feel. ... k.
froren mur [wall]."—OE Miscell. p. 151. (5) Chosen has replaced the old pp ..."
4. History of the English Language by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1894)
"In consequence, coren has been replaced by chosen, and froren by frozen. froren or
frore is still in poetic use, however, as an adjective. ..."
5. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"Another interesting example occurs in the AS pp.froren, for which mod. E.
has substituted frozen, as being more easily associated with the infin. freeze. ..."
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