Middle English Dictionary Entry
froude n.
Entry Info
| Forms | froude n. Also frode, frude. Pl. froud-en, -es. |
| Etymology | Cp. OI frauð-r. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Frog or toad.
Associated quotations
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)277 : Þar beð naddren and snaken, eueten and fruden [vrr. frude, frute; rime: prude].
- a1250 SWard (Tit D.18)13/102 : Þe luðere hellewurmes, tadden & froden, þat freten ham ut te ehnen.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)106/24 : It schal in helle worþen to frouden & to nedders.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)209/19 : Þe almes of here good in þis coffre is turnyd to frowdys.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)218/25 : Stynkynge frowdys-mete!