Ge-dréfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dréfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: dréfan. ge-drefan

Definitions

1 ge-dréfan

p. de; pp. ed To disturb, trouble, vex, offend; turbare, conturbare, confundere, scandalizare :-- Hwí gedréfe gyt me quare [vos duo] conturbatis me, Ps. Th. 41, 5. Se Hǽlend gedréfde hyne sylfne Jesus turbavit seipsum, Jn. Bos. 11, 33 : Lk. Bos. 24. 37. Ðú gedréfest deópe wǽlas tu conturbas profundos vortices, Ps. Th. 64, 7. Ðú gedréfst grúnd sǽs tu confundas profundum maris, Ps. Spl. 64, 7. Beóþ gedréfde þeóda turbabuntur gentes, Ps. Spl. 64, 8. Swá hwá swá gedréfþ ǽnne of ðyssum lytlingum whosoever shall offend one of these little ones, Mk. Bos. 9, 42. [O. Sax. ge-dróbian.]

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᚱᛖᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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