A-dreógan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-dreógan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -driógan; ic -dreóge, ðú -dreógest, -drýhst, he -dreógeþ, -drýhþ; Related words: dreógan. a-dreogan

Definitions

1 a-dreógan

p. -dreág, -dreáh, pl. -drugon; pp. -drogen. I. to act, perform, practise; agere, perficere :-- He adreág unrihte þing gessit iniqua, Hymn. Bibl. Cott. Jul. A. 6. Ðe his lufan adreógeþ who practises his love, Exon. 33b; Th. 107, 24; Gú. 63. Líf adreógan agere vitam, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 29. II. to bear, suffer, endure; pati, sustinere :-- Hí adreógan mágan they may bear, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 27. Ic ne mæg adreógan ðíne seófunga I cannot tolerate thy lamentations, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20. Ðæt hie ðe eáþ mihton drohtaþ adreógan that they might the easier endure their way of life, Andr. Kmbl. 737; An. 369. Earfeðu ðe he adreág the pains that he endured, Exon. 25b; Th. 74, 6; Cri. 1202. Earfeðo ðe he adreáh the pains that he endured, Andr. Kmbl. 2971; An. 1488.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛞᚱᛖᚩᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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