Dreósan

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

dreósan

Add: I. to fall, not remain suspended:--Hé meledeáwes dǽl gebyrgeþ, sé dreóseð oft æt middre nihte ambrosios libat coelesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Ph. 261. II. to fall, not remain standing (lit. or fig.), fall down, fall to pieces:--Þes middangeard ealra dógra gehwám dreóseð and fealleð, Wand. 63. Þá dúna dreósað and hreósað montes ruent, Dóm. L. 100. Druron deófolgyld, Exod. 47. III. to fall, not remain alert, droop, fail, sink:--Nǽnig manna wát hú mín hyge dreóseð, bysig æfter bócum, Sal. 60.

Verwandte Wörter: tó-dreósan; be-droren. dreosan