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ge-dreóg

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
suitable, fit, meet
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  • Cneówien him on gedreógere stówe ( in loco congruo). An gedreóhre stówe. Hí sceolon an gedreógum húse (in competenti hospitali ) ælmesmanna fét þweán.

    • Nap. 29.
quiet, orderly.
Grammar
ge-dreóg, Cf. ge-dreóg; n. ;
of persons, serious in behaviour; gravis
(Take here ge-dreóh in Dict.)
of animals, gentle, tame; mitis
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  • Hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen on þæs horses heáfde and ealle his réðnysse áwende on geþwǽrnysse, swá þæt hit wæs stillre and gedreóhre (mitior) þonne hit wǽre ǽr þǽre wódnysse,

    • Gr. D. 78, 12.

  • [Ða bead se cynincg his cnihtes ð he ealle wæron swiðe gedrioge. Þa þa menn on heora bedde wæron and hit swiðe gedrih wæs

    • , Nap. 29.

  • Cf. Lomb is drih, þing and milde

    agnus est animal mansuetum,

    • O. E. Hml. ii. 49, 9.

  • Maide dreiβ and wel itaucht,

    • 256, 34.]
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v.  ge-dreog.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dreóg.” 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/47680.

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  • ge-dreóg, n.; adj.

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