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dreórig

  • adjective
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dreórig, dreóreg, dreórg, driórig; def. se dreóriga, dreórega, seó, ðæt dreórige; adj.
bloody, gory, glorious; cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsus
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  • Wæter stód dreórig and gedréfed

    water stood gory and troubled,

    • Beo. Th. 2838
    • ;
    • B. 1417: Ps. Tb. 135, 20: Exon. 72 b
    • ;
    • Th. 271,
    • 14;
    • Jul. 482
    • .
  • Hwæt druh ðú dreórega

    lo thou gory dust!

    Soul
    • Recd. 33
    • ;
    • Seel. 17
    • .
sad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY; mœstus
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  • Híg wurdon swíðe dreórige

    they became very sorrowful,

    • Gen. 44, 13: Mk. Bos. 14,
    • 19.
  • On ðas dreórgan tíd

    in this sorrowful tide,

    • Exon. 48 b
    • ;
    • Th. 167,
    • 10;
    • Gú. 1058
    • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. drerg, dreri, drury sad:
Chauc. drery sad:
Laym. druri, dreri sad:
Orm. dreorig, drerig sad:
O. Sax. drórag cruentus:
Dut. treurig sad:
Ger. traurig sad:
M. H. Ger. trúrec sad:
O. H. Ger. trúrag mæstus:
Icel. dreyrigr, dreyrugr bloody
.]
Derived forms
heorudreó6rig
Similar entries
v. dreósan.
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v.  driórig.
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  • dreórig, adj.