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for-drífan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
for-drífan, p. -draf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To drive away, force, compel, drive out, eject, banish; pellĕre, prōpellĕre, compellĕre, cōgĕre, expellĕre
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  • Sumne sceal hreóh fordrífan

    the tempest shall drive one away,

    • Exon. 87 a
      • ;
    • Th. 328, 10
      • ;
    • Vy. 15.

  • Hine se streám fordráf

    the stream drove him,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 44, 3: Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 25
      • ;
    • Jud. 277: Andr. Kmbl. 538
      • ;
    • An. 269.

  • Norþhymbra fordrifon heora cining Alhréd of Eoferwíc

    the Northumbrians drove their king Alhred from York,

    • Chr. 774
      • ;
    • Erl. 53, 33: 954
      • ;
    • Erl. 119, 6.

  • Fordríf hí

    expelle eos,

    • Ps. Th. 5, 11.

  • Sió wunode on ðam íglande ðe se cyning on fordrifen wearþ

    she dwelt in the island on which the king was driven,

    • Bt. 38, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 194, 21.

  • Hió geseah ðone fordrifenan cyning

    she saw the driven king,

    • 194, 23.

  • Lufiaþ fordrifene, forðamðe gé sylfe wǽron fordrifene and útancymene on Egipta lande

    vos ămāte pĕrĕgrīnos, qui et ipsi fuistis advĕnæ in terra Ægypti,

    • Deut. 10, 19, 18.
Etymology
[
Laym. men al for-dreuen
:
O. Sax. for-dríƀan
:
Dut. ver-drijven
:
Ger. ver-treiben to drive away, banish.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-drífan.” 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/11278.

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