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Old English · adjective

forod

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈfo.rod/
Syllables
ˈfo · rod (2 syllables)
Modern English
fracturedviolatedweakeneddecayedworn outbrokenvoid

Meaning

  1. broken, fractured

  2. violated

  3. worn out, decayed, weakened

  4. void

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fārōd, past participle of *fārōn (“to injure, scathe”), variant of Proto-West Germanic *fārijan. Related to Old Norse færa (“to injure, scathe”).

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