frover

English

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”).

Verb

frover (third-person singular simple present frovers, present participle frovering, simple past and past participle frovered)

1. (dialectal) To comfort; solace.

Related terms

• frevere
• frother

Anagrams

• fervor