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DRÉFAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
DRÉFAN, part. dréfende; p. dréfde; pp. dréfed
Wright's OE grammar
§129; §530;
To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble; commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre
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  • Uparǽr mód úre dréfende

    erĭge mentes nostras turbĭdas,

    • Hymn. Surt. 127,
    • 6.
  • Ðonne ic wado dréfe

    when I disturb the waters,

    • Exon. 103 a
    • ;
    • Th. 389,
    • 24;
    • Rä. 8,
    • 2.
  • Ðú dréfst

    turbābis eos,

    • Ps. Spl. 82,
    • 14.
  • For-hwý unrót eart sáwle mín, and for-hwon dréfst me

    quare tristis es anĭma mea, et quare conturbas me?

    • Ps. Spl. 41, 6, 15: 42,
    • 5.
  • Dréfaþ

    conturbant,

    Mone
    • B. 2613
    • .
  • Ne lagu dréfde

    it disturbed not the water,

    • Exon. 106 a
    • ;
    • Th. 404,
    • 31;
    • Rä. 23,
    • 16.
  • Ðæt ðú lagu dréfde

    that thou mightest disturb the water,

    • Exon. 123 a
    • ;
    • Th. 473,
    • 26;
    • Bo. 20
    • .
  • Gewát him on nacan, dréfan deóp wæter

    he departed in the bark, to agitate the deep water,

    • Beo. Th. 3812
    • ;
    • B. 1904
    • .
  • Hwý ge scylen eówer mód dréfan

    why should ye trouble your mind?

    • Bt. Met. Fox 27,
    • 3;
    • Met. 27,
    • 2.
  • He to náhte gelǽdeþ ða dréfendan us

    ipse ad nihĭlum dedūcet tribulantes nos,

    • Ps. Spl. 59,
    • 13.
  • To-hwý gemænigfylde synd ða ðe dréfaþ me

    quid multiplicāti sunt qui tribŭlant me?

    • Ps. Sp1. 3,
    • 1.
  • For-hwí dréfe ge eówru mód

    why vex ye your minds?

    • Bt. 39,
    • 1;
    • Fox 210,
    • 24.
  • For-hwý dréfed ic gange, ðonne swencþ me feónd

    quare contristātus incēdo, dum afflīgit me inimīcus?

    • Ps. Spl. 41,
    • 13.
Etymology
Laym. i-drefeð, pp. disturbed; to-drefed, -dreved oppressed:
Orm. dræfedd, dreofedd, drefedd disturbed, troubled:
Plat. dröven:
O. Sax. dróƀian, druovan turbāri, conturbāre:
Kil. droeven tristāri, turbāre:
Ger. trüben:
M. H. Ger. trüeben:
O. H. Ger. truobjan:
Goth. drobyan to trouble, confound:
Dan. be-dröve:
Swed. be-dröfva
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Derived forms
e-dréfan, to-dréfed , un-dréfed
Similar entries
v. dróf.
Linked entries
v.  ge-dréfan drýfan dróf.
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