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DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, drawtrahĕreTo draw oneself, to draw, gose conferre, ire

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v. a. To DRAG, draw; trahĕre Eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward all that the bees draw towards them the drones draw from them, Chr. 1127; Th. 378, 24, 25. Simon Petrus dróg ðæt nett on eorþe Simon Petrus traxit rete in terram, Jn.

dragan

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Dele the derivatives and the passage from Gú. given under and add Heó creáp on þám handum and dróh ( trahebat) on ðǽre eorðan ealne hire líchaman . . . þá ongan heó hider and þider dragan hí selfe (se trahere ) geond þá cyrican, Gr. D. 228, 10-18. Wildu

dragan

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Add: to extend, protract. [Cf. N.E.D. draw, 55] ꝥ hig be þæs tíman lenge heora sang dragon ut secundum temporis prolixitatem cantum protendant, Chrd. 57, 7

tragan

(v.)
Grammar
tragan, = dragan,
  • Jn. Skt. Rush. 21, 8, 11.

ge-dragan

(v.)
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to draw, drag Gedrah þú þín swurd, Hml. A. 178, 305. Wæs gedragen traheretur, An. Ox. 4467. ¶ Wíf ðin blódes flóuing geðolade ł gedróg (patiebatur), Mt. L. 9, 20. Here the form belongs to gedragan, but the meaning points to gedreógan; perhaps gedrcóg

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á-dragan

(v.)
Grammar
á-dragan, p. -dróg

To draw out

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To draw out Malcus his swurd ádróh, Hml. A. 180, 356

Linked entry: dragan

be-dragan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dragan, p. -dróg, -dróh, pl. -drógon; pp. -dragen

To draw asideseduceseducere

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To draw aside, seduce; seducere Ðe hie dearnenga bedróg who seduced her secretly, Cd. 29; Th. 38, 5 ; Gen. 602

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be-dragan

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Dele, and

DRǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRǼDAN, ic drǽde, ðú drǽdest, drǽtest, drǽst, he drǽdeþ, drǽt, pl. drǽdaþ; p. dréd, dreórd, pl. drédon; pp. drǽden

DREAD, fear timēre, pavēre

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To DREAD, fear; timēre, pavēre: found in the compounds a-drǽdan, an-, on-drǽdan, ondrǽd-endlíc, on-drǽd-ing: of-drǽd

drǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
drǽfan, p. de ; pp.ed

To drive agĕre, pellĕre

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To drive; agĕre, pellĕre

Linked entry: ge-drǽfan

drǽdan

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Gong út sáwl, hwæt drǽdest (ondrǽdest, Mart. H. 194, 4) ðú ðé?, Shrn. 141, 29. Mann wís on eallum drǽtt homo sapiens in omnibus metuit, Scint. 67, 1. & wolde hine ofsleán & dreórd him ꝥ folc et volens illum occidere timuit populum, Mt.

drǽfan

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Hér drǽfde Eádgár þá preóstas on Ceastre of Ealdan mynstre, Chr. 964; P. 116, 1. Ǽghwæþer óþerne út drǽfde, 887; P. 80, 29. Hér man drǽfde út Ælfgife, 1037; P. 161, 9. Æþelréd man drǽfde út of his earde, Wlfst. 160, 14. Tó drǽfene pulsaturam, An. Ox.

drǽfan

(v.)

Similar entry: for-drǽfan

drǽn

(n.)

a drone

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a drone, Wrt. Voc. 77, 48

dracan blód

(n.)
Grammar
dracan blód, es; n.

Dragon's blood, a pigment obtained from the dragon's blood-tree cinnabăris = κιννάβăρι

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Dragon's blood, a pigment obtained from the dragon's blood-tree; cinnabăris = κιννάβăρι, Cot. 210

DRACA

(n.)
Grammar
DRACA, an; m.

a dragon draco a serpentserpensthe serpent = the devil diabŏlus

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a dragon; draco Draca ðes ðone ðú ýwodest draco isle quem formasti, Ps. Spl. 103, 28. Tredan león and dracan conculcāre leonem et dracōnem, Ps. Th. 90, 13. Ðú fortrydst leóna and dracena thou shalt be a treader down of lions and dragons, Ps. Spl. 90,

draca

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Draca, droco, draco tipa, Txts. 103, 2027. Draca dracus, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 54. Se draca leviathan, ii. 76, 50. Ðegnas his gifuhton wið ðǽm dræcce ( dracone ) and se dræcca gifæht, Rtl. 70, 21. Hér is cumen án draca þe mé forswelgan sceal . . . Mín heáfod

DRÁN

(n.)
Grammar
DRÁN, drǽn,e ; f.

DRONEfucus

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A DRONE; fucus Drán fucus, Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 106; Wrt. Voc. 23, 62. Drǽn fucus, Wrt. Voc. 77, 48. Ðǽr he wunede eall riht swá dráne dóþ on híue: eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward he abode there just as drones do in a hive: all

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hwem-dragen

(adj.)
Grammar
hwem-dragen, adj.

Sloping

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Sloping, not perpendicular Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so

a-drǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drǽdan, p. -dréd; pp. -drǽden

To feartimere

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To fear; timere He adréd ðæt folc timuit populum, Mt. Bos. 14, 5

Linked entry: a-dréd