Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

DREÓGAN

  • verb [ strong ]
Dictionary links
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
Show examples

  • 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
Show examples

  • 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
Show examples

  • 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
Show examples

  • 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.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DREÓGAN.” 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/7904.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • DREÓGAN, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.