Dryre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dryre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: dreósan. dryre

Definitions

1 dryre

m. Fall, decline, ceasing; cāsus, lapsus, cessātio :-- Hrímes dryre a fall of rime, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 27; Ph. 16. Ðǽr wæs ne dreámes dryre there was no ceasing of joy, 44 b; Th, 152, 1; Gú. 802. DER. fǽr-dryre.

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᚣᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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