drovy
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English drōfig, equivalent to drof + -y.
Adjective
[edit]drovy
- (of water) having sediment stirred up; murky, turbid.
- 1450, Alphabet of Tales:
- He fand drovy watyr & stynkand, & drank þeroff.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “drovi, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 June 2018.