droff

adj — 2 senses

droff

adj

Etymology From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), from Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”). Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub).

Obsolete, Regional Turbid.

wading through deep, droff waters

Obsolete, Regional Sorrowful, disturbed.

a droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind
And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ

Related terms: drubly, trub

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