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ge-drífan

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Substitute: To drive,
to force a living creature
to move
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  • Gif ic in Belzebub fordrífo dióules, suno iúera in huǽm hiá gedrífes

    (eiciunt)

      1, Mt. L. 12, 27.

  • Hé gedrifen wæs

    (agebalur)

    from diówlæ on woesternum,
      Lk. L. 8, 29.

  • Suna ríces biðon gedrifen

    (eicientur)

    in ðyóstrum,
      Mt. L. 8, 12.
to impel matter
by physical force, to carry along (of wind or water)
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  • Þ scipp gedrifen wæs

    (jactabatur)

    from ýðum,
      Mt. 14, 24.

  • Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe . . . gyf hit undrifen bið. And þéh hit gedriuen beó, and hit ætfleó tó hwilcre friðbyrig . . . , habban þá men frið,

      Ll. Th. i. 286, l.
to force matter into something, cram. v. full-gedrifen.
to carry out, effect, drive a bargain
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  • Hé hreówlíce his ceáp gedrifan hæfde,

      Hml. S. 23, 585.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-tríban agere, adigere, com-, im-pellere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/47692.

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