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DREÓGAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
DREÓGAN, to dreóganne; part. dreógende; ic dreóge, ðú dreógest, drýhst, he dreógeþ, drýhþ, dríhþ, pl. dreógaþ; p. ic, he dreáh, dreág, ðú druge, pl. drugon; pp. drogen; v. trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§493;
to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fight; ăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre
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  • To dreóganne wordum and dǽdum willan ðínne

    to do thy will by words and deeds,

    • Cd. 107
    • ;
    • Th. 141,
    • 23;
    • Gen. 2349
    • .
  • Ðe he dreógan sceolde

    which he had to do,

    • Exon. 37 b
    • ;
    • Th. 122,
    • 28;
    • Gú. 312
    • .
  • Hwæt dreógest ðú

    what doest thou?

    • Exon. 69 a
    • ;
    • Th. 257,
    • 14;
    • Jul. 247
    • .
  • Þeódnes willan dreógeþ

    he does the will of the Lord,

    • Exon. 38 a
    • ;
    • Th. 125,
    • 20;
    • Gú. 357
    • .
  • Gif mæsse-preóst oððe munuc hǽmed-þingc dríhþ, fæste x geár

    si presby̆ter vel monăchus fornicatiōnem commisĕrit, x annos jejūnet,

    • L. M. I. P. 28
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 272,
    • 22.
  • Drugon ðæt dæges and nihtes

    fecērunt hoc die ac nocte,

    • Ps. Th. 54,
    • 8.
  • Gewin drugon

    they fought,

    • Beo. Th. 1601
    • ;
    • B. 798
    • .
  • Drugon wǽpna gewin

    they fought the strife of arms, they waged war,

    • Exon. 92 b
    • ;
    • Th. 346,
    • 7;
    • Gn. Ex. 201
    • .
  • Hú manega gefeoht he ðǽr dreógende wæs

    how many battles he was there fighting,

    • Ors. 1,
    • 11;
    • Bos. 35,
    • 9.
to bear, suffer,
DREE, endure; ferre, pati, sustinēre, tolerāre
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  • Mán ne cúðon dón ne dreógan

    they knew not to do nor suffer crime,

    • Cd. 10
    • ;
    • Th. 12,
    • 23;
    • Gen. 190
    • .
  • Ðe ða earfeða oftost dreógeþ

    who oftenest suffers those afflictions,

    • Exon. 52 b
    • ;
    • Th. 183,
    • 19;
    • Gú. 1329
    • .
  • Earfeða dreág

    suffered hardships,

    • Exon. 74 b
    • ;
    • Th. 280,
    • 9;
    • Jul. 626
    • .
  • Swá ðæt fæsten dreáh who endured that bondage, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 22; Exod, 49, We lǽraþ ðæt man ǽnig gedrinc, and ǽnig unnit ðár ne dreóge

    we teach that man suffer not there any drinking, nor any vanity,

    • L. Edg. C. 28
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 250,
    • 14.
to enjoy; frui
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  • He sibbe dreáh

    he enjoyed peace,

    • Cd. 130
    • ;
    • Th. 165,
    • 28;
    • Gen. 2738
    • .
  • Symbel-wynne dreóh

    enjoy the pleasure of the feast!

    • Beo. Th. 3569
    • ;
    • B. 1782
    • .
v. intrans.
To be employed, be busy; ăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse
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  • Nǽnig manna wát hú mín hyge dreógeþ, býsig æfter bócum

    no man knows how my mind is employed, busy over books,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 122, MS. B
    • ;
    • Sal. 60
    • .
  • Dreógan, inf. Cd. 104; Th. 137,

    • 31
    • ;
    • Gen. 2282
    • .
  • Dreág, p. Exon. 53 a; Th. 185,

      5; Az. 3.
Etymology
[
Chauc. drye to suffer, endure:
Laym. driȝen, drigen, drien to suffer, do:
Orm. dreghenn to suffer, endure:
Scot. dre, dree, drey to suffer:
Goth. driugan to do military service.
]
Derived forms
a-dreógan, ge-
Linked entries
v.  a-dreógan ge-dreógan.
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