frore

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frore

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Where it comes from

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.

adjective more frore · most frore

  1. archaic Extremely cold; frozen. We die, even as the winds of Autumn fade, Expiring in the frore and foggy air.

verb

  1. archaic, participle, past, rare 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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adj extremely cold; frozen

Españolgélido, helado, glacial
Deutschbitterkalt, eiskalt, klirrend kalt

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@misc{frore_2026,
  title = {frore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}