FromMiddle Englishdrof(“turbid, troubled”), fromOld Englishdrōf(“dreggy; dirty; troubled”), fromProto-Germanic*drōbuz. Cognate withDutchdroef(“sad; miserable”),Germantrüb(“turbid; dim; sad”) (Englishtrub).

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droff (comparativedroffer,superlativedroffest)

1. (regional, obsolete)Turbid.

   wading through deep,droff waters

2. (regional, obsolete)Sorrowful,disturbed.

   adroff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind

   And my soul swith mickledroff isǃ

   (NVPsalter, c. 1400)

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