Frover

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To comfort; solace. dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English frovre, frofre (“comfort”), from Old English frōfor (“consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit”), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbru (“solace”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp- (“to have good food, prosper, satiate, enjoy”). Cognate with Old Saxon frōvra, frōfra (“consolation, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobara (“consolation, comfort, help, assistance”).

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