frood

See also: Frood

English

Alternative forms

• frewd

Etymology

From Middle English *frood, *frode, *frod, from Old English frōd (“wise, prudent; experienced, old”), from Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand”). Cognate with North Frisian frod, Saterland Frisian frod, Dutch vroed (“wise, knowing”), Swedish frod (“wise, experienced, mature”), Icelandic fróður (“knowledgeable”), Lithuanian prõtas (“mind, reason, understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹuːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd

Adjective

frood (comparative frooder or more frood, superlative froodest or most frood)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
   • 1973, Stanley Price, George Ruffhead, Newton-on-Ouse Local History Group, Three Yorkshire villages:

     To the north of the Airfield the Rabbit Hills still retain heathland vegetation on the sandy soils and are probably the site of the 'frood' warren mentioned in an old survey, being at the time an important source of food.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:wise or Thesaurus:wily

Related terms

• Froud

References

• Wright, Joseph (1900), The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 505

Anagrams

• Foord, Frodo, do for, fordo

Scots

Noun

frood (plural froods)

1. alternative spelling of froad
   • 1898 January 16, Shetland News:

     Shü set da kit wi' sic flürrie apo' da flüer 'at da frood cam' oot aboot da lugs.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

frood (third-person singular simple present froods, present participle froodin, simple past and past participle froodt)

1. alternative spelling of froad

References

• Wright, Joseph (1900), The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 503, 505