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dráf

  • noun [ feminine ]
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dráf, e; f. [dráf drove, p. of drífan]
A DROVE, herd, band; armenta, grex, agmen
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  • Ðá ðá seó ormǽte micelnyss his orfes on ðære dúne læswede, sum módig fearr wearþ ángencga, and ðære heorde dráfe oferhogode

    when the immense multitude of his cattle was grazing on the mountain, an unruly bull wandered alone, and despised the companionship of the herd,

    • Homl. Th. i. 502,
    • 10.
  • Oft twegen sǽmen oððe þrý hwílum drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ to sǽ

    sæpe duo tresve a pirātis christianōrum agmen congregātum a mari usque ad mare compellunt,

    Lupi
    • Serm. i. 15
    • ;
    • Hick. Thes. ii. 103,
    • 34.
  • Hí drifon heora dráfa into Medewæge

    they drove their herds into the Medway,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • Erl. 157, 4,
    • 16.
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v.  dróf-denu dróf-man drǽf.
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