drovy

Middle English

Alternative forms

drouy, drovi, droui, drovye, drouye

Etymology

From Old English drōfig, equivalent to drof +‎ -y.

Adjective

drovy

(of water) having sediment stirred up; murky, turbid.
- 1450, Alphabet of Tales:
  He fand drovy watyr & stynkand, & drank þeroff.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

drof

References

“drovi, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 June 2018.

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