frofraeprep.adv.conj.

Brit.

/frəʊ/, U.S.

/froʊ/ /fre/

Forms: α. (chiefly northern and Scottish) Middle English–1600s fra, Middle English–1500s fray, (1500s fre, frea), 1700s–1800s frae; β. Middle English– fro, (Middle English froo, 1600s frow).

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse frá.

Etymology: < Old Norse frá, corresponding to Old English fram , from prep., adv., and conj.

A. prep. (Now only Scottish and dialect)

a. = from prep. in all its senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > in a direction away from (of motion) [preposition] > away from (denoting departure)

ofeOE

fromOE

froc1175

α.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1265 Swa ferr fra godess riche.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 211 Fra þiss daȝȝ þu shallt ben dumb.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 479 Lucifer..fell For his pride fra heuen to hell.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 1 To..delyuer vs fra deed withouten end.

1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue ii. sig. Bii^v To discerne the rycht vnderstanding of y^e scripture fra the wrang.

?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 9 Euery Satterday fra ane efter none to four houris.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 163 To abstein fra flesh.

1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 624 I'll borrow frae naebody.

1803 W. Wordsworth Yarrow Unvisited v Fair hangs the apple frae the rock.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ix. 192 After his walk frae the manse.

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 754 You canna tell a tree frae a tether.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Fra, from.

β. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 111 Þis longe weie þe he ferde fro heuene to helle.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 89 God ledde hem fro helle nigt to paradises leue ligt.c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 256 Whan hit was fro his possession.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 138 And þus semen oure religious to be exempte fro charite.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xxiv. 15 Fro Dan vnto Bersabee.1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 54 Cloþede hem in copis, to be knowe fro oþere.c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1 At Trompyngtoun, nat fer fro Cantebrygge.1423 Kingis Quair lii Fro this day forth.c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 7 Fro al resonyng.1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. xliv. 29 They went fro toune to toune.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Ei [He] gyueth fro hymselfe frely.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella in Arcadia (1598) 558 Where you may haue some defence Fro the stormes in my breast breeding.a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 261 Why did you throw your wedded Lady fro you? a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 29 Can cal vow'd men fro cloysters, dead from tombs.1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Fro, from.

†b. In verse frequently placed after its noun (esp. as a rhyme-word). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 34 When heo was me fro, I loked and byhelde.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16814 + 20 Or þai parted hom froo.

c1400 Rom. Rose 4120 That I mote goo So fer the fresh floures froo.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 837 Bot othir dede or ellis fled thaim fray.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvi. 341 That no tratur steyll his cors you fray.

1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xxx. 13 The mourning weede thou tookest me fro.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H4^v Pas thought it hell, while he was Cosma fro.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. xvi. 77 Well could he hit a fallow deer Five hundred feet him fro.

†c. fro oneself: ‘beside oneself’, out of one's wits. clean fro: quite contrary to. (Cf. from prep. 8b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb]

fromward?c1225

contrariouslyc1380

contrarying to1382

reversinglya1425

contrary1463

clean fro1483

repugnantly?1526

diametrally?1533

contrairly1535

in diameter1543

thwartly1558

oppositely1567

contrarily1570

contrariwise1574

diameter-wise1600

diameterly1603

reciprocallya1628

diametrically1633

counter1643

encounter1660

polarly1670

Antarcticallya1711

contrariantly1796

antithetically1816

tout au contraire1841

antistrophically1842

contrapositively1858

in reverse1869

at cross-corners with1892

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with

woodc725

woodsekc890

giddyc1000

out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000

witlessc1000

brainsickOE

amadc1225

lunaticc1290

madc1330

sickc1340

brain-wooda1375

out of one's minda1387

frenetica1398

fonda1400

formada1400

unwisea1400

brainc1400

unwholec1400

alienate?a1425

brainless1434

distract of one's wits1470

madfula1475

furious1475

distract1481

fro oneself1483

beside oneself1490

beside one's patience1490

dementa1500

red-wood?1507

extraught1509

misminded1509

peevish1523

bedlam-ripe1525

straughta1529

fanatic1533

bedlama1535

daft1540

unsounda1547

stark raving (also staring) mad1548

distraughted1572

insane1575

acrazeda1577

past oneself1576

frenzy1577

poll-mad1577

out of one's senses1580

maddeda1586

frenetical1588

distempered1593

distraught1597

crazed1599

diswitted1599

idle-headed1599

lymphatical1603

extract1608

madling1608

distracteda1616

informala1616

far gone1616

crazy1617

March mada1625

non compos mentis1628

brain-crazed1632

demented1632

crack-brained1634

arreptitiousa1641

dementate1640

dementated1650

brain-crackeda1652

insaniated1652

exsensed1654

bedlam-witteda1657

lymphatic1656

mad-like1679

dementative1685

non compos1699

beside one's gravity1716

hyte1720

lymphated1727

out of one's head1733

maddened1735

swivel-eyed1758

wrong1765

brainsickly1770

fatuous1773

derangedc1790

alienated1793

shake-brained1793

crack-headed1796

flighty1802

wowf1802

doitrified1808

phrenesiac1814

bedlamite1815

mad-braineda1822

fey1823

bedlamitish1824

skire1825

beside one's wits1827

as mad as a hatter1829

crazied1842

off one's head1842

bemadded1850

loco1852

off one's nut1858

off his chump1864

unsane1867

meshuga1868

non-sane1868

loony1872

bee-headed1879

off one's onion1881

off one's base1882

(to go) off one's dot1883

locoed1885

screwy1887

off one's rocker1890

balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891

meshuggener1892

nutty1892

buggy1893

bughouse1894

off one's pannikin1894

ratty1895

off one's trolley1896

batchy1898

twisted1900

batsc1901

batty1903

dippy1903

bugs1904

dingy1904

up the (also a) pole1904

nut1906

nuts1908

nutty as a fruitcake1911

bugged1920

potty1920

cuckoo1923

nutsy1923

puggled1923

blah1924

détraqué1925

doolally1925

off one's rocket1925

puggle1925

mental1927

phooey1927

crackers1928

squirrelly1928

over the edge1929

round the bend1929

lakes1934

ding-a-ling1935

wacky1935

screwball1936

dingbats1937

Asiatic1938

parlatic1941

troppo1941

up the creek1941

screwed-up1943

bonkers1945

psychological1952

out to lunch1955

starkers1956

off (one's) squiff1960

round the twist1960

yampy1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

out of one's skull1967

whacked out1969

batshit1971

woo-woo1971

nutso1973

out of (one's) gourd1977

wacko1977

off one's meds1986

1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. pij I am fro my selfe for angyre.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xiii. 29 She bycam al frantyke & from her self.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxix. [ccxv.] 676 They had spyces ynoughe, and bredde made of mylke, clene fro the nature of Fraunce.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxxv. sig. Gii He was so sore dyspleased that he was nye therwyth fro him selfe.

2. Followed by other prepositions. (Cf. from prep. 15.)

ΚΠ

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. viii. 11 Fro aȝens of the citee [L. ex adverso civitatis].

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke i. 78 He spryngynge vp fro an hiȝ hath visytid vs.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 25596 Þou was tane fra of þe crosse.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14407 Fra amang þat cursed ledd.

c1400 Gamelyn 803 Tho come Gamelyn fro under þe wode-rys.

c1480 (a1400) St. Paul l. 400 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 40 Fra owt of grece com mony men to rowme.

1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iii. sig. D2 But I will teare thy eyes fro forth thy head.

1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake i. viii. 73 Then up there raise ane wee wee man, Franethe the moss-gray stane.

†3. With an adverb in place of a noun-object. (Cf. from prep. 15) fro ðan ðat: from the time that. froforth: ? = from this time forth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > [preposition] > from the beginning of a period

ofOE

fromc1050

froc1175

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [preposition] > from a place or perspective

froc1175

from1597

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > thereafter or after that

thoc700

thenforthc875

thereafterc897

fro ðan ðatc1175

thethenforthc1175

thenforthwardc1200

thereup?c1225

from?a1366

thencec1374

thenceforthc1374

fromwardc1400

thyne-forwardc1400

sin1405

thyne-forthc1440

thenceforward1457

sinsyne1470

thenafter1470

then afterwarda1485

upon?1523

sineth1542

thence-after1593

thenceforwards1684

thereafterward1867

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > from now or henceforth

fortha700

heneOE

henforthOE

forwardOE

anovenOE

yetOE

downwardc1175

forthwardc1175

furthermorea1300

henforthwardc1300

forne14..

henceforwardc1330

henforwardc1330

hencefortha1375

henceforthwardc1384

hencec1390

furtherwarda1400

forwardsc1400

hyneforwardc1400

henceforwardsa1425

even-forthc1425

forth on1474

henceforthon1490

hynea1500

froforth1536

hyneforth1570

downwards1584

towards1587

here-hence1592

whenceforth1658

whenceforwarda1661

onward1667

onwards1732

from here on out1867

as of now1902

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17970 He þatt fra bibufenn comm.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 932 Eue fra þan hir cald adam.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 188 Fro ðan ðat he singen bi-gan.

c1340 R. Rolle Wks. (Horstman) I. 187 Sothely fra thy-thene Inryses a gret lufe.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 109 Cam late fro biȝunde.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20078 For quam i com dun fra o-bouen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10976 Þou sal be dumb fra nu.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 63 Be waar therfore frohens forthward.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 197 Whanne he were departid frothens and were come hoom aȝen.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 243 Ye may go fro hens forth where ye lyst.

1536 in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) I. xxxv. 271 It is to trust..that party will also froforth..own to law all other abusions.

†4. Of, concerning. Cf. Old Norse frá. rare^—1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relation [preposition] > respecting or concerning

ofOE

to-gainsc1175

againsta1225

anentc1225

towarda1240

froc1300

aforyen1340

again1340

touchinga1387

touchinga1398

touchant1399

concerning1525

re1707

fornent1709

regarding1779

c1300 Harrow. Hell 28 More wo Then i con ou telle fro.

B. adv.

In a direction or position that is remote or apart; away. Now only in to and fro (see to n.); for which rarely fro (fra) and till. †to do fro: to remove. Also, contrary, against. of or fro: for or against.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb]

awayeOE

awaywardc1225

awaywardsc1275

froa1400

frowardc1426

froma1450

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away

ateec885

withbreidec890

animOE

overbearOE

to do awayOE

flitc1175

reavec1175

takec1175

to have away?a1300

to draw awayc1300

weve13..

to wend awaya1325

withdrawa1325

remuec1325

to carry away1363

to take away1372

waive1377

to long awaya1382

oftakec1390

to draw offa1398

to do froa1400

forflitc1420

amove?a1425

to carry out?a1425

surtrayc1440

surtretec1440

twistc1440

abstract1449

ostea1450

remove1459

ablatea1475

araisea1475

redd1479

dismove1480

diminish?1504

convey1530

alienate1534

retire1536

dimove1540

reversec1540

subtractc1540

submove1542

sublate1548

pare1549

to pull in1549

exempt1553

to shift off1567

retract?1570

renversec1586

aufer1587

to lay offa1593

rear1596

retrench1596

unhearse1596

exemea1600

remote1600

to set off1600

subduct1614

rob1627

extraneize1653

to bring off1656

to pull back1656

draft1742

extract1804

reef1901

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11937 Þat water moght rin fra and till, Vte of þe flum al atte will.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8927 Þar was a stank bot littel fra Hight piscina probatica.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 197 Whan they come vp the smallest fro they do, So that the saddist faster may ascende.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 270 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 103 Sum said to and sum fra Sum nay and sum ȝa.

1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 204 He sais he cannot say anythinge of his honesty, of nor fro.

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Epitome sig. Aiij^v Passage to, fro, & through without danger.

†C. conj. (Chiefly northern) Obsolete.

1. From the time that, from the moment when; as soon as, when. Also, fra that.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [conjunction] > since

fro14..

14.. in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 28 I am siker he will thank you full hartely, fro I lett him witt.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1325 & al þurȝ dome of Daniel, fro he deuised hade, Þat alle goudes com of god.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiv. 109 And, fra I come þare, I knewe wele þat it was oþerwise.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3435 Fra þat god my saule will haue.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 39 Fra he was eght ȝers ald.

c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 536 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 22 And fra marcellus þis cane se, he had þerof rycht mekil wondir.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 581 Fra at ye Brwce to dede war brocht.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 141 And fra he wyst quhat charge yai had He buskyt hym but mar abad.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. x. 1 Fra that the ancyant nun of Dan Phebus Thir wordis endit had.

1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 312 And he that is of hairt vntrew, Fra he be kend, fair weill, adew.

2. In a logical sense: Since, seeing that.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [conjunction] > seeing that or since

forwhya1400

where1411

whereas1426

seeinga1475

seen1483

fro1535

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 701 Syne efter him Alexander his bruther..Efter his deid succeidit in his steid, Fra this Edgair withoutin child wes deid.

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Giiii^v Then, fra I saw (as I already told) How men complaind.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 102 Fra the follower haue founden borgh lawfullie.

Compounds

† fro-leader = abductor n. 1. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 749 Called the Fro-leader or the muscle of Indignation or the Wayward muscle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	fro
释义	† fron.¹ Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse fró. Etymology: ? < Old Norse fró in the same sense. Obsolete. rare. Comfort, relief. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consolation or relief lightingOE leathc1175 comfort?c1225 solacec1290 solacec1290 lithec1300 comfortingc1320 allegeancec1325 swaging1340 froa1350 releasec1350 consolationc1374 legeancec1390 reliefa1393 comfortationa1400 leathinga1400 swagea1400 allegementa1425 alleviation?a1425 recreation?a1425 refrigery?a1425 lighteningc1425 recomfortc1425 mitigation?1435 recomforting1487 recreancea1500 allevation1502 easement1533 solacy1534 ease1542 cheer1549 assuagement1561 refreshing1561 easing1580 recomfortation1585 recomforture1595 assuage1596 allevement1599 mitification1607 allayment1609 solagement1609 levation1656 solacement1721 solation1757 soulagement1777 consolement1797 de-tension1949 de-tensioning1952 tea and sympathy1953 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 69 Of myne deden fynde y non fro. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). 'fron.² Brit. /frəʊ/, U.S. /froʊ/ Forms: 1900s– 'fro, 1900s– fro. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Afro n. Etymology: Shortened < Afro n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). An Afro hairstyle or any style of hair reminiscent of an Afro; a frizzy or bushy hairstyle. ΚΠ 1970 Time 14 Dec. 40/1 The first sergeant..don't like no black man with a 'Fro. 1974 V. Ferdinand Blk Love Song #1 iii, in J. V. Hatch & T. Shine Black Theater U.S.A. 870/1 That's a nice looking fro baby and yo legs is nice too. 1982 J. M. Del Vecchio 13th Valley ix. 130 He pulled out his hair pick and fluffed up his 'fro. 1995 Daughters of Sarah Winter 25/2 She was plump and frizzy-haired (‘It's a 'fro!’), and wore spiked heels. 2003 Village Voice (N.Y.) 2 Apr. 68/1 A distinguished gentleman sporting a clean white apron and gray hair rising in a low-altitude 'fro parted in the middle. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † frov. Brit. /frəʊ/, U.S. /froʊ/ Etymology: ? < fro adv. † a. intransitive. ? To go frowardly or untowardly, be unsuccessful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of an action or plan failc1394 misfare1489 fro1559 to shoot nipshot1568 miscarry1589 languefya1734 misfire1942 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates York xxiii God that causeth thinges to fro or frame. b. As ˈfroing n. (See to and fro v.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). frofraeprep.adv.conj. Brit. /frəʊ/, U.S. /froʊ/ /fre/ Forms: α. (chiefly northern and Scottish) Middle English–1600s fra, Middle English–1500s fray, (1500s fre, frea), 1700s–1800s frae; β. Middle English– fro, (Middle English froo, 1600s frow). Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse frá. Etymology: < Old Norse frá, corresponding to Old English fram , from prep., adv., and conj. A. prep. (Now only Scottish and dialect) 1. a. = from prep. in all its senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > in a direction away from (of motion) [preposition] > away from (denoting departure) ofeOE fromOE froc1175 α. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1265 Swa ferr fra godess riche. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 211 Fra þiss daȝȝ þu shallt ben dumb. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 479 Lucifer..fell For his pride fra heuen to hell. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 1 To..delyuer vs fra deed withouten end. 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue ii. sig. Bii^v To discerne the rycht vnderstanding of y^e scripture fra the wrang. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 9 Euery Satterday fra ane efter none to four houris. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 163 To abstein fra flesh. 1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 624 I'll borrow frae naebody. 1803 W. Wordsworth Yarrow Unvisited v Fair hangs the apple frae the rock. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ix. 192 After his walk frae the manse. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 754 You canna tell a tree frae a tether. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Fra, from. β. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 111 Þis longe weie þe he ferde fro heuene to helle.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 89 God ledde hem fro helle nigt to paradises leue ligt.c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 256 Whan hit was fro his possession.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 138 And þus semen oure religious to be exempte fro charite.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xxiv. 15 Fro Dan vnto Bersabee.1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 54 Cloþede hem in copis, to be knowe fro oþere.c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1 At Trompyngtoun, nat fer fro Cantebrygge.1423 Kingis Quair lii Fro this day forth.c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 7 Fro al resonyng.1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. xliv. 29 They went fro toune to toune.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Ei [He] gyueth fro hymselfe frely.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella in Arcadia (1598) 558 Where you may haue some defence Fro the stormes in my breast breeding.a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 261 Why did you throw your wedded Lady fro you? View more context for this quotationa1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 29 Can cal vow'd men fro cloysters, dead from tombs.1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Fro, from. †b. In verse frequently placed after its noun (esp. as a rhyme-word). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 34 When heo was me fro, I loked and byhelde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16814 + 20 Or þai parted hom froo. c1400 Rom. Rose 4120 That I mote goo So fer the fresh floures froo. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 837 Bot othir dede or ellis fled thaim fray. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvi. 341 That no tratur steyll his cors you fray. 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xxx. 13 The mourning weede thou tookest me fro. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H4^v Pas thought it hell, while he was Cosma fro. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. xvi. 77 Well could he hit a fallow deer Five hundred feet him fro. †c. fro oneself: ‘beside oneself’, out of one's wits. clean fro: quite contrary to. (Cf. from prep. 8b.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] fromward?c1225 contrariouslyc1380 contrarying to1382 reversinglya1425 contrary1463 clean fro1483 repugnantly?1526 diametrally?1533 contrairly1535 in diameter1543 thwartly1558 oppositely1567 contrarily1570 contrariwise1574 diameter-wise1600 diameterly1603 reciprocallya1628 diametrically1633 counter1643 encounter1660 polarly1670 Antarcticallya1711 contrariantly1796 antithetically1816 tout au contraire1841 antistrophically1842 contrapositively1858 in reverse1869 at cross-corners with1892 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with woodc725 woodsekc890 giddyc1000 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000 witlessc1000 brainsickOE amadc1225 lunaticc1290 madc1330 sickc1340 brain-wooda1375 out of one's minda1387 frenetica1398 fonda1400 formada1400 unwisea1400 brainc1400 unwholec1400 alienate?a1425 brainless1434 distract of one's wits1470 madfula1475 furious1475 distract1481 fro oneself1483 beside oneself1490 beside one's patience1490 dementa1500 red-wood?1507 extraught1509 misminded1509 peevish1523 bedlam-ripe1525 straughta1529 fanatic1533 bedlama1535 daft1540 unsounda1547 stark raving (also staring) mad1548 distraughted1572 insane1575 acrazeda1577 past oneself1576 frenzy1577 poll-mad1577 out of one's senses1580 maddeda1586 frenetical1588 distempered1593 distraught1597 crazed1599 diswitted1599 idle-headed1599 lymphatical1603 extract1608 madling1608 distracteda1616 informala1616 far gone1616 crazy1617 March mada1625 non compos mentis1628 brain-crazed1632 demented1632 crack-brained1634 arreptitiousa1641 dementate1640 dementated1650 brain-crackeda1652 insaniated1652 exsensed1654 bedlam-witteda1657 lymphatic1656 mad-like1679 dementative1685 non compos1699 beside one's gravity1716 hyte1720 lymphated1727 out of one's head1733 maddened1735 swivel-eyed1758 wrong1765 brainsickly1770 fatuous1773 derangedc1790 alienated1793 shake-brained1793 crack-headed1796 flighty1802 wowf1802 doitrified1808 phrenesiac1814 bedlamite1815 mad-braineda1822 fey1823 bedlamitish1824 skire1825 beside one's wits1827 as mad as a hatter1829 crazied1842 off one's head1842 bemadded1850 loco1852 off one's nut1858 off his chump1864 unsane1867 meshuga1868 non-sane1868 loony1872 bee-headed1879 off one's onion1881 off one's base1882 (to go) off one's dot1883 locoed1885 screwy1887 off one's rocker1890 balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891 meshuggener1892 nutty1892 buggy1893 bughouse1894 off one's pannikin1894 ratty1895 off one's trolley1896 batchy1898 twisted1900 batsc1901 batty1903 dippy1903 bugs1904 dingy1904 up the (also a) pole1904 nut1906 nuts1908 nutty as a fruitcake1911 bugged1920 potty1920 cuckoo1923 nutsy1923 puggled1923 blah1924 détraqué1925 doolally1925 off one's rocket1925 puggle1925 mental1927 phooey1927 crackers1928 squirrelly1928 over the edge1929 round the bend1929 lakes1934 ding-a-ling1935 wacky1935 screwball1936 dingbats1937 Asiatic1938 parlatic1941 troppo1941 up the creek1941 screwed-up1943 bonkers1945 psychological1952 out to lunch1955 starkers1956 off (one's) squiff1960 round the twist1960 yampy1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 out of one's skull1967 whacked out1969 batshit1971 woo-woo1971 nutso1973 out of (one's) gourd1977 wacko1977 off one's meds1986 1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. pij I am fro my selfe for angyre. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xiii. 29 She bycam al frantyke & from her self. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxix. [ccxv.] 676 They had spyces ynoughe, and bredde made of mylke, clene fro the nature of Fraunce. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxxv. sig. Gii He was so sore dyspleased that he was nye therwyth fro him selfe. 2. Followed by other prepositions. (Cf. from prep. 15.) ΚΠ 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. viii. 11 Fro aȝens of the citee [L. ex adverso civitatis]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke i. 78 He spryngynge vp fro an hiȝ hath visytid vs. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 25596 Þou was tane fra of þe crosse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14407 Fra amang þat cursed ledd. c1400 Gamelyn 803 Tho come Gamelyn fro under þe wode-rys. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul l. 400 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 40 Fra owt of grece com mony men to rowme. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iii. sig. D2 But I will teare thy eyes fro forth thy head. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake i. viii. 73 Then up there raise ane wee wee man, Franethe the moss-gray stane. †3. With an adverb in place of a noun-object. (Cf. from prep. 15) fro ðan ðat: from the time that. froforth: ? = from this time forth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [preposition] > from the beginning of a period ofOE fromc1050 froc1175 the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [preposition] > from a place or perspective froc1175 from1597 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > thereafter or after that thoc700 thenforthc875 thereafterc897 fro ðan ðatc1175 thethenforthc1175 thenforthwardc1200 thereup?c1225 from?a1366 thencec1374 thenceforthc1374 fromwardc1400 thyne-forwardc1400 sin1405 thyne-forthc1440 thenceforward1457 sinsyne1470 thenafter1470 then afterwarda1485 upon?1523 sineth1542 thence-after1593 thenceforwards1684 thereafterward1867 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > from now or henceforth fortha700 heneOE henforthOE forwardOE anovenOE yetOE downwardc1175 forthwardc1175 furthermorea1300 henforthwardc1300 forne14.. henceforwardc1330 henforwardc1330 hencefortha1375 henceforthwardc1384 hencec1390 furtherwarda1400 forwardsc1400 hyneforwardc1400 henceforwardsa1425 even-forthc1425 forth on1474 henceforthon1490 hynea1500 froforth1536 hyneforth1570 downwards1584 towards1587 here-hence1592 whenceforth1658 whenceforwarda1661 onward1667 onwards1732 from here on out1867 as of now1902 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17970 He þatt fra bibufenn comm. a1300 Cursor Mundi 932 Eue fra þan hir cald adam. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 188 Fro ðan ðat he singen bi-gan. c1340 R. Rolle Wks. (Horstman) I. 187 Sothely fra thy-thene Inryses a gret lufe. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 109 Cam late fro biȝunde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20078 For quam i com dun fra o-bouen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10976 Þou sal be dumb fra nu. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 63 Be waar therfore frohens forthward. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 197 Whanne he were departid frothens and were come hoom aȝen. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 243 Ye may go fro hens forth where ye lyst. 1536 in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) I. xxxv. 271 It is to trust..that party will also froforth..own to law all other abusions. †4. Of, concerning. Cf. Old Norse frá. rare^—1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relation [preposition] > respecting or concerning ofOE to-gainsc1175 againsta1225 anentc1225 towarda1240 froc1300 aforyen1340 again1340 touchinga1387 touchinga1398 touchant1399 concerning1525 re1707 fornent1709 regarding1779 c1300 Harrow. Hell 28 More wo Then i con ou telle fro. B. adv. In a direction or position that is remote or apart; away. Now only in to and fro (see to n.); for which rarely fro (fra) and till. †to do fro: to remove. Also, contrary, against. of or fro: for or against. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] awayeOE awaywardc1225 awaywardsc1275 froa1400 frowardc1426 froma1450 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away ateec885 withbreidec890 animOE overbearOE to do awayOE flitc1175 reavec1175 takec1175 to have away?a1300 to draw awayc1300 weve13.. to wend awaya1325 withdrawa1325 remuec1325 to carry away1363 to take away1372 waive1377 to long awaya1382 oftakec1390 to draw offa1398 to do froa1400 forflitc1420 amove?a1425 to carry out?a1425 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 twistc1440 abstract1449 ostea1450 remove1459 ablatea1475 araisea1475 redd1479 dismove1480 diminish?1504 convey1530 alienate1534 retire1536 dimove1540 reversec1540 subtractc1540 submove1542 sublate1548 pare1549 to pull in1549 exempt1553 to shift off1567 retract?1570 renversec1586 aufer1587 to lay offa1593 rear1596 retrench1596 unhearse1596 exemea1600 remote1600 to set off1600 subduct1614 rob1627 extraneize1653 to bring off1656 to pull back1656 draft1742 extract1804 reef1901 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11937 Þat water moght rin fra and till, Vte of þe flum al atte will. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8927 Þar was a stank bot littel fra Hight piscina probatica. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 197 Whan they come vp the smallest fro they do, So that the saddist faster may ascende. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 270 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 103 Sum said to and sum fra Sum nay and sum ȝa. 1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 204 He sais he cannot say anythinge of his honesty, of nor fro. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Epitome sig. Aiij^v Passage to, fro, & through without danger. †C. conj. (Chiefly northern) Obsolete. 1. From the time that, from the moment when; as soon as, when. Also, fra that. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [conjunction] > since fro14.. 14.. in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 28 I am siker he will thank you full hartely, fro I lett him witt. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1325 & al þurȝ dome of Daniel, fro he deuised hade, Þat alle goudes com of god. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiv. 109 And, fra I come þare, I knewe wele þat it was oþerwise. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3435 Fra þat god my saule will haue. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 39 Fra he was eght ȝers ald. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 536 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 22 And fra marcellus þis cane se, he had þerof rycht mekil wondir. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 581 Fra at ye Brwce to dede war brocht. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 141 And fra he wyst quhat charge yai had He buskyt hym but mar abad. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. x. 1 Fra that the ancyant nun of Dan Phebus Thir wordis endit had. 1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 312 And he that is of hairt vntrew, Fra he be kend, fair weill, adew. 2. In a logical sense: Since, seeing that. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [conjunction] > seeing that or since forwhya1400 where1411 whereas1426 seeinga1475 seen1483 fro1535 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 701 Syne efter him Alexander his bruther..Efter his deid succeidit in his steid, Fra this Edgair withoutin child wes deid. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Giiii^v Then, fra I saw (as I already told) How men complaind. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 102 Fra the follower haue founden borgh lawfullie. Compounds † fro-leader = abductor n. 1. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 749 Called the Fro-leader or the muscle of Indignation or the Wayward muscle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹a1350n.²1970v.1559prep.adv.conj.c1175
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