drovy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• drouy, drovi, droui, drovye, drouye

Etymology

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

Adjective

drovy

1. (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.