frore
[ frawr, frohr ]
adjectiveArchaic.
frozen; frosty.
Origin of frore
11200–50; Middle English froren; past participle of freeze
Words Nearby frore
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How to use frore in a sentence
Feet and faces tingleIn that frore land: Legs wobble and go wingle,You scarce can stand.
Fairies and Fusiliers | Robert GravesThe fog was become a mist here, a frore whitish mist that saturated him with a malignant chill.
Sinister Street, vol. 2 | Compton MackenzieThen the beast wept as the frore hills weep in the thaw, and the tears splashed big into the agate bowl.
The Book of Wonder | Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Lord DunsanyHer beauty was as still sunsets of bitter evenings when all the world is frore, a wonder and a chill.
The Book of Wonder | Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Lord Dunsany
British Dictionary definitions for frore
frore
/ (frɔː) /
adjective
archaic very cold or frosty
Origin of frore
1C13 froren, past participle of Old English frēosan to freeze
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