froad

Scots

Alternative forms

frood, froed

Etymology

From Old Norse froða (“foam”).

Noun

froad (plural froads)

(Orkney, Shetland) Foam; froth.

Verb

froad (third-person singular present froads, present participle froadin, past froadt, past participle froadt)

(Orkney, Shetland) To foam; to froth.

Derived terms

froading

References

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

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