frood

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 *prāt- (“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

• Rhymes: -uːd

Adjective

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

1. (Britain 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.

References

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

Anagrams

• Frodo, do for, fordo

Noun

frood (plural froods)

1. (dialectal, Orkney, Shetland) 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.

Verb

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

1. (dialectal, Orkney, Shetland) Alternative spelling of froad

References

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