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drygan

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drygan, l. drýgan,
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
and add:
to make dry.
of a person's action,
to dry by wiping, rubbing, &c.
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  • Heó his fét mid hire loccum drýgde,

      Bl. H. 69, 2.
  • Drégde,

      73, 19.
  • Hé geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan Sc̃i Laurentius limu,

      Shrn. 115, 23.
  • Drégende

    tergens (os suum ),

      Kent. Gl. 1067.
to dry by exposure to heat, air
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  • Dríg hí on sceade swýþe þearle,

      Lch. i. 70, 10.
  • Nim heortes sceallan, drýg, wyrc tó duste,

      336, 16.
  • Dríg tó duste, 20.
of the action of heat, air, &c.
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  • Seó hǽtu drýgð, and seó beorhtnys onlýht,

      Hml. Th. ii. 284, 35.
to become dry
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  • Drýgeð ł wisneð

    aruit,

      Jn. L. 15, 6.
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