affroad

Scots

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfrod/

Verb

affroad (third-person singular simple present affroads, present participle affroadin, simple past affroadit, past participle affroadit)

1. (Shetland) to dissuade, head off, discourage

References

• “affroad, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “affroad”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[1]