frood

== English == === 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 *pret- (“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 === IPA(key): /fɹuːd/ Rhymes: -uːd === Adjective === frood (comparative frooder or more frood, superlative froodest or most frood) (UK dialectal, Northern England) Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:wise or Thesaurus:wily ==== Related terms ==== === References === Wright, Joseph (1900), The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 505 === Anagrams === Foord, Frodo, do for, fordo == Scots == === Noun === frood (plural froods) alternative spelling of froad === Verb === frood (third-person singular simple present froods, present participle froodin, simple past and past participle froodt) alternative spelling of froad === References === Wright, Joseph (1900), The English Dialect Dictionary‎[2], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 503, 505