"frost" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /frɔst/, /fɔrst/ Forms: frostes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English frost, forst, from Proto-West Germanic *frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz, *frustą; akin to Middle Dutch vorst, Middle High German vrost, Middle Low German vrost, and Old Swedish frost. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|frost}} Old English frost, {{m|ang|forst}} forst, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*frost}} Proto-West Germanic *frost, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*frustaz}} Proto-Germanic *frustaz, {{m|gem-pro|*frustą}} *frustą, {{cog|dum|vorst}} Middle Dutch vorst, {{cog|gmh|vrost}} Middle High German vrost, {{cog|gml|vrost}} Middle Low German vrost, {{cog|gmq-osw|frost}} Old Swedish frost Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} frost, {{enm-noun|frostes}} frost (plural frostes)
  1. Cold or freezing weather; weather causing frost.
    Sense id: en-frost-enm-noun-jU2JDrSD
  2. Frost or rime; frozen dew or water droplets.
    Sense id: en-frost-enm-noun-ES1EA7Zq
  3. Hail; precipitation below freezing temperature. Categories (topical): Temperature, Water, Weather
    Sense id: en-frost-enm-noun-D8JUo1N4 Disambiguation of Temperature: 24 15 45 16 Disambiguation of Water: 5 36 55 4 Disambiguation of Weather: 29 16 39 16 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 17 29 50 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 25 56 5
  4. (rare, figurative) Something with a chilling effect. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-frost-enm-noun-xr2cQAhV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forst, froste, vrost, frosst, freost Derived forms: frosty

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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