Old English · adjective
forod
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈfo.rod/
- Syllables
- ˈfo · rod (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- fracturedviolatedweakeneddecayedworn outbrokenvoid
Meaning
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broken, fractured
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violated
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worn out, decayed, weakened
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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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