p. de; pp. ed; [drige dry] To DRY, make dry, rub dry, wipe; siccāre, tergĕre, extergĕre :-- Se háta sumor giereþ and drigeþ sǽd and bléda the hot summer prepares and dries seeds and fruits, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 120; Met. 29, 60, Ðæt dust, ðæt of eówre ceastre on úrum fótum clifode, we drigeaþ on eów pulvĕrem, qui adhæsit nobis de civitāte vestra, extergĭmus in vos, Lk. Bos. 10, 11. Heó ongan mid hyre teárum his fét þweán, and drigde mid hyre heáfdes feaxe lacrymis cæpit rigāre pedes ejus, et capillis capĭtis sui tergēbat, Lk. Bos. 7, 38, 44, Seó drigde his fét mid hyre loccum extersit pedes ejus capillis suis, Jn. Bos. 11, 2: 12, 3. DER. a-drigan, -drygan, ge-, ofa-, úta-. drigan