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drugian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
drugian, he drugaþ, pl. drugiaþ; p. ode; pp. od; v. n. [drige dry]
To become, dry, wither; arescĕre
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  • Drugaþ his ár on borde

    his oar becomes dry on board,

    • Exon. 92 a
    • ;
    • Th. 345,
    • 15;
    • Gn. Ex. 188
    • .
  • On mergen swá wyrt gewíteþ, on mergen blóweþ and fareþ, on ǽfen afylþ, astíðaþ, and drugaþ

    mane sīcut herba transeat, mane flōreat et transeat, vespĕre decĭdat, indūret, et arescat,

    • Ps. Spl. 89,
    • 6.
  • Gif ðæt wæter hí ne geþwǽnde, ðonne drugode hió

    if the water moistened it [the earth] not, then it would become dry,

    • Bt. 33,
    • 4;
    • Fox 130,
    • 8.
Derived forms
a-drugian, for-, ge-: unadrugod
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v.  ge-drugian druwian.
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