droff

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Etymology

From Middle English drof, from Old English drōf, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz.

Adjective

droff (comparative droffer, superlative droffest)

1. (regional, obsolete) Turbid.

   wading through deep, droff waters

2. (regional, obsolete) Sorrowful, disturbed.

   a droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind

   And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ (NVPsalter, c. 1400)

Related terms

• drubly
• trub

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