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frorn

adj

Etymology

From Middle English 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 frore and frozen. Cognate with Dutch gevroren (“frozen”), German Low German froren (“frozen”), German gefroren (“frozen”).

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

Definitions

  1. Frozen

    Frozen; intensely cold; frosty.

    • But consyderyng we be so surely ascertayned of the lacke therof, and that our bloud is there frorne with the cold ayre of Scotlande, there was neuer prynce more vyolently compelled to warre then we be, […]
    • My heart-blood is nigh well frorn I feel.
    • The lake..was soon ‘frorn’, as they say in Suffolk.

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