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DRÓF

  • adjective
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DRÓF, adj.
Draffy; dreggy, dirty, troubled; sordĭdus, turbŭlentus, turbĭdus
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  • Se ðe his bróðor hataþ, he hæfþ unstilnesse, and swýðe dróf [MS. drofi] mód

    he that hateth his brother has disquietude, and a very troubled mind,

    Basil admn.
    • 4
    • ;
    • Norm. 44,
    • 16.
  • Flód dróf a turbid flood, Somn. 102; Lchdm. iii. 204, 11. [Laym. drof

    disturbed, grieved: O. Sax.

    dró8b-line]i, druoƀi turbĭdus, nubĭlus: Kil. droef turbĭdus, turbŭlentus, fecŭlentus: Ger. trübe troubled, obscure, dark, dull, sad: M. H. Ger. trüebe: O. H. Ger. truobi turbĭdus, turbādus.]
Derived forms
ge-dróf
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v.  DRÉFAN dréfre.
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  • DRÓF, adj.