"frover" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: frovers [present, singular, third-person], frovering [participle, present], frovered [participle, past], frovered [past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frovre}} Middle English frovre, {{m|enm|frofre||comfort}} frofre (“comfort”), {{inh|en|ang|frōfor||consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit}} Old English frōfor (“consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*frōbru||solace}} Proto-West Germanic *frōbru (“solace”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*trep-}} Proto-Indo-European *trep-, {{m|ine-pro|*terp-||to have good food, prosper, satiate, enjoy}} *terp- (“to have good food, prosper, satiate, enjoy”), {{cog|osx|frōvra}} Old Saxon frōvra, {{m|osx|frōfra||consolation, comfort, help}} frōfra (“consolation, comfort, help”), {{cog|goh|fluobara||consolation, comfort, help, assistance}} Old High German fluobara (“consolation, comfort, help, assistance”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} frover (third-person singular simple present frovers, present participle frovering, simple past and past participle frovered)
  1. (dialectal) To comfort; solace. Tags: dialectal Related terms: frevere, frother
    Sense id: en-frover-en-verb-J1CjO92X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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