drof

Middle English

Alternative forms

• drove

Etymology

From Old English drōf, from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī (“disturbed, cloudy, troubled”).

Adjective

drof

1. Troubled, disturbed; afflicted by sorrow.
2. (of water) having sediment stirred up; murky, turbid.

Synonyms

• (water): drof

Related terms

• dref

Descendants

• English: droff

References

• “drof, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 June 2018.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *drōbī (“disturbed, cloudy, troubled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /droːf/
• Rhymes: -oːf

Adjective

drōf

1. draffy, dreggy, dirty, troubled

Declension

Declension of drōf — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	drōf	drōf	drōf
Accusative	drōfne	drōfe	drōf
Genitive	drōfes	drōfre	drōfes
Dative	drōfum	drōfre	drōfum
Instrumental	drōfe	drōfre	drōfe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	drōfe	drōfa, drōfe	drōf
Accusative	drōfe	drōfa, drōfe	drōf
Genitive	drōfra	drōfra	drōfra
Dative	drōfum	drōfum	drōfum
Instrumental	drōfum	drōfum	drōfum

Declension of drōf — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	drōfa	drōfe	drōfe
Accusative	drōfan	drōfan	drōfe
Genitive	drōfan	drōfan	drōfan
Dative	drōfan	drōfan	drōfan
Instrumental	drōfan	drōfan	drōfan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	drōfan	drōfan	drōfan
Accusative	drōfan	drōfan	drōfan
Genitive	drōfra, drōfena	drōfra, drōfena	drōfra, drōfena
Dative	drōfum	drōfum	drōfum
Instrumental	drōfum	drōfum	drōfum

Derived terms

• drōflīċ

Related terms

• drēfan

Descendants

• Middle English: drof, drove, dref
  • English: droff

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dróf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.