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DREÓR

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
DREÓR, es; m.
Blood; cruor
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  • Ic his blód ageát, dreór on eorþan

    I shed his blood, his gore on earth,

    • Cd. 49
    • ;
    • Th. 63,
    • 12;
    • Gen. 1031
    • .
  • Dreóre fáhne

    stained with gore,

    • Beo. Th. 898
    • ;
    • B. 447
    • .
  • Dreóre druncne

    drunk with blood,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2005
    • ;
    • An. 1005
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. drór, m. cruor, sanguis:
M. H. Ger. trór, m. n. a dripping, blood:
O. H. Ger. trór cruor:
Icel. dreyri, dröri, m. blood
.]
Derived forms
cwealm-dreór, heoru-, sáwel-, wæl-
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v. dreósan.
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