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drigan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
drigan, drygan, drigean; p.de ; pp. ed; v. a. [drige dry]
To DRY, make dry, rub dry, wipe; siccāre, tergĕre, extergĕre
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  • Se háta sumor giereþ and drigeþ sǽd and bléda the hot summer prepares and dries seeds and fruits, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 120; Met. 29, 60, Ðæt dust, ðæt of eówre ceastre on úrum fótum clifode, we drigeaþ on eów

    pulvĕrem, qui adhæsit nobis de civitāte vestra, extergĭmus in vos,

    • Lk. Bos. 10,
      • 11.

  • Heó ongan mid hyre teárum his fét þweán, and drigde mid hyre heáfdes feaxe lacry̆mis cæpit rigāre pedes ejus, et capillis capĭtis sui tergēbat, Lk. Bos. 7, 38, 44, Seó drigde his fét mid hyre loccum

    extersit pedes ejus capillis suis,

    • Jn. Bos. 11, 2: 12,
      • 3.
Derived forms
a-drigan, -drygan, ge-, ofa-, úta-
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v.  drygan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “drigan.” 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/7936.

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