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frorn

frorn adjective: frozen; intensely cold; frosty.

Adjective

frorn (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) 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, […]1542, The Complaynt of Scotlande, page 197
    • My heart-blood is nigh well frorn I feel.1575, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender

Examples of frorn in a sentence

  • The lake..was soon ‘frorn’, as they say in Suffolk.1880, Sharp, Sword of Damocles:
  • 'You looks like a frorn little calf, girl. […]'2013, Kate Worsley, She Rises, page 30:

Forms of frorn

alternative form (obsolete)frorne

Origin of frorn

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”).

Questions about frorn

What does frorn mean?
Frorn means frozen; intensely cold; frosty.
How do you use frorn in a sentence?
The lake..was soon ‘frorn’, as they say in Suffolk.
What part of speech is frorn?
Frorn is an adjective.

Words near frorn in the dictionary

  1. Froomkin
  2. froot
  3. froots
  4. froppish
  5. frore
  6. frorn
  7. frory
  8. fros
  9. Frosdick
  10. frosemide
  11. frosh

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