frore

adj

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *freusaną — “to freeze
  2. inherited from *fruzanaz — “frozen
  3. inherited from *froʀan
  4. inherited from froren
  5. inherited from frore

Definitions

  1. Extremely cold

    Extremely cold; frozen.

    • We die, even as the winds of Autumn fade, Expiring in the frore and foggy air.
    • For heavenly beauty, mid perennial springs, Feels not the change, which frore sad winter brings.
    • Till we conceive their heavens hoar, Those lights they raise but sparkles frore,
  2. simple past and past participle of freeze

    • And down below all fretted and frore, Were wrought the coral and the madrepore, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA