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be-drífan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-drífan, p. -dráf, -drǽf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen ; v. a.
to drive, thrust on or upon, to compel, constrain or enforce one to do a thing, to pursue, follow; cogere, compellere, agere, adigere
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  • Perðica hine bedráf into ánum fæstene

    Perdiccas drove him into a fastness,

    • Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 38
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  • Hí him hám bedrifon [MS. bedrifan] and sige áhton

    they drove them home and had a victory,

    • Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 20
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  • Wiht ða húðe him bedrǽf

    a creature drove the spoil home,

    • Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 5
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    • Rä. 30, 9
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  • Ðú bedrifen [MS. bidrifen] wurde on ðas þeóstran worulde

    thou wast driven into this dark world,

    • Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 17
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    • Cri. 1409
      • .
to drive or beat against, to surround; obruere, obducere, circumflare
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  • He geseah stapulas standan storme bedrifene

    he saw columns standing driven by the storm,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2987
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    • An. 1496
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    • Rood Kmbl. 123
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    • Kr. 62
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Derived forms
drífan
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v.  be-drǽf be-dráf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-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/3341.

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