Ge-dreóg (-dreóh)

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ge-dreóg (-dreóh)

adj. I. suitable, fit, meet :-- Cneówien him on gedreógere stówe (in loco congruo). An gedreóhre stówe. Hí sceolon an gedreógum húse (in competenti hospitali) ælmesmanna fét þweán. Nap. 29. II. quiet, orderly. (1) of persons, serious in behaviour; gravis. Cf. ge-dreóg; n.; II. (Take here ge-dreóh in Dict.) (2) of animals, gentle, tame; mitis :-- Hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen on þæs horses heáfde and ealle his réðnysse áwende on geþwǽrnysse, swá þæt hit wæs stillre and gedreóhre (mitior) þonne hit wǽre ǽr þǽre wódnysse, Gr. D. 78, 12. (Ða bead se cynincg his cnihtes ꝥ he ealle wæron swiðe gedrioge. Þa þa menn on heora bedde wæron and hit swiðe gedrih wæs, Nap. 29. Cf. Lomb is drih, þing and milde agnus est animal mansuetum, O. E. Hml. ii. 49, 9. Maide dreiβ UNCERTAIN and wel itaucht, 256, 34.) ge-dreog -dreoh