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See also: dröff
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), from Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz. Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: drŏf
Adjective
[edit]droff (comparative droffer, superlative droffest)
- (regional, obsolete) Turbid.
- wading through deep, droff waters
- (regional, obsolete) Sorrowful, disturbed.
- a droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind
- And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ(NVPsalter, c. 1400)
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