adj
Meaning 1
Extremely cold; frozen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
frore
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verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of freeze
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, form-of, participle, past, rare
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
very cold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet
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History
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.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: jääkylmä — extremely cold; frozen
- German: bitterkalt — extremely cold; frozen
- German: eiskalt — extremely cold; frozen
- German: klirrend kalt — extremely cold; frozen
- Spanish: gélido — extremely cold; frozen
- Spanish: helado — extremely cold; frozen
- Spanish: glacial — extremely cold; frozen