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DRIGE

  • adjective
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Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.
DRY; siccus, arĭdus
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  • Se wind blǽwþ norþan and eástan, heálíc, and ceald, and swíðe drige [dríe MSS. P. L.]

    the wind blows from the north-east, violent, and cold, and very dry,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 18,
      • 8;
    • Lchdm. iii. 276,
      • 6.

  • Drige wudu

    dry wood, fire-wood;

    ligna,
    • Wrt. Voc. 80,
      • 31.

  • Adrugode se streám swá ðæt he mihte dryge ofergangan

    the stream dried up so that he might go over dry,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 7;
    • S. 478, 14: Exon. 111 b
      • ;
    • Th. 426,
      • 22; Rä. 41, 77.

  • Tunge biþ drige

    the tongue is dry,

    • L. M. 2,
      • 46;
    • Lchdm. ii. 258,
      • 8.

  • Seó [MS. sie] eorþ is dryge

    the earth is dry,

    • Bt. 33,
      • 4;
    • Fox 128, 34: Andr. Kmbl. 3161
      • ;
    • An. 1583
      • .

  • Læg án dríe strǽt þurh ða sǽ

    a dry road lay through the sea,

    • Ex. 14,
      • 21.

  • Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe

    the nature of fire is hot and dry,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 22,
      • 23.

  • Hwílum ðæt drige dríft ðone wǽtan

    sometimes the dry drives away the wet,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 29,
      • 97;
    • Met. 29,
      • 48.

  • Seó sǽ, útflówende, gerýmde þreóra míla dríes færeldes

    the sea, flowing out, made room for a dry passage of three miles,

    • Homl. Th. i. 564,
      • 18.

  • Ða sacerdas ætstódon on ðam grunde on drigre moldan on middan ðære eá be dríum grunde

    sacerdōtes stābant per siccam humum in medio Iordānis,

    • Jos. 3,
      • 17.

  • Gif híg on grénum treówe ðás þing dóþ, hwæt dóþ híg on ðam drigum

    si in virĭdi ligno hæc faciunt, in arĭdo quid fiet?

    • Lk. Bos,. 23, 31: Ps. Th. 105,
      • 9.

  • Drihten gewende ða sǽ to dríum

    mare Domĭnus vertit in siccum,

    • Ex. 14,
      • 21.

  • Betwux ðære drygan, and ðære cealdan eorþan and ðam hátan fýre

    between the dry and the cold earth and the hot fire,

    • Bt. 33,
      • 4;
    • Fox 128,
      • 37.

  • Ðæt seó sǽ drigne grund ðam folce gegearcige

    that the sea should prepare dry ground for the people,

    • Homl. Th. i. 564,
      • 24.

  • In drygne seáþ

    into a dry pit,

    • Invent. Crs. Recd. 1388
      • ;
    • El. 693
      • .

  • Worhte his tolme foldan drige

    arĭdam fundavērunt manus ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 94, 5: Cd. 8
      • ;
    • Th. 10,
      • 29;
    • Gen. 164
      • .

  • Uppan dríe eorþan

    super arĭdam,

    • Ex. 4,
      • 9.

  • Se ðe gecyrde sǽ on drige land

    qui convertit mare in arĭdam,

    • Ps. Spl. 65,
      • 5.

  • Dó drige pic to

    add dry pitch,

    • L. M. 2,
      • 38;
    • Lchdm. ii. 246,
      • 14.

  • Ða drigan eorþan

    the dry earth,

    • Bt. 33,
      • 4;
    • Fox 130,
      • 2.

  • Hwílum flíht se wǽta ðæt dryge

    sometimes the wet drives away the dry,

    • Bt. 39,
      • 13;
    • Fox. 234,
      • 11.

  • Wǽron ða wareþas drige

    the shores were dry,

    • Ps. Th. 105,
      • 9.

  • Wegas syndon dryge

    the ways are dry,

    • Cd. 157
      • ;
    • Th. 195,
      • 28;
    • Exod. 283
      • .

  • Dríra

    arentum,

    • Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151,
      • 22.

  • Dysegaþ se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum [drygum, Cot.] furum

    he does foolishly who will sow seed in the dry furrows,

    • Bt. 5,
      • 2;
    • Fox 10,
      • 31.

  • Hí férdon oððe fóron on drigum flódum

    abiērunt in sicco flumĭna,

    • Ps. Lamb. 104,
      • 41.

  • He gǽþ geond drige stówa

    ambŭlat per loca arĭda,

    • Mt. Bos. 12, 43: Ps. Th. 65,
      • 5.

  • Se wyrcþ drige [dríe MSS. P. L.] wolcnu

    it makes dry clouds,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 18,
      • 2;
    • Lchdm. iii. 274,
      • 24.

  • Fram ðære burnan ðe he drigum fótum ofereóde

    from the brook which he went over with dry feet,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 7;
    • S. 478,
      • 32.

  • Mid dríum handum

    with dry hands,

    • L. M. 2,
      • 3;
    • Lchdm. ii. 182,
      • 8.

  • Ðæt Israhélisce folc gá dríum fótum innan ða sǽ

    ut gradiantur filii Israel in medio mari per siccum,

    • Ex. 14, 16,
      • 29.
Etymology
[
Wyc. drie:
Piers P. drye:
Chauc. drey:
Orm. driȝȝe:
Plat. dröge, drüge, dræge:
Dut. droog:
Ger. trocken:
M. H. Ger. trucken:
O. H. Ger. trukan siccus:
Dan. dröi solid:
Swed. dryg heavy:
Icel. drjúgr solid, substantial
.]
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v.  drege dríe dryge drygge.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “DRIGE.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7937.

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