English Explanatory Dictionary

wroo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A corner; nook.
  2. An enclosure in a grass field, in which cattle are penned up at night.

Word forms

wroo wroos wro roo ray

Etymology

From Middle English wro, wra, from Old Norse rá, vrá (“corner, nook”), from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“angle, corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrenk- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Cognate with Scots wra, wray (“corner, nook”), Danish and Swedish vrå (“corner, nook, recess”).

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