Dreósan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - dreósan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- dreósan
- Add: I. to fall, not remain suspended:--Hé meledeáwes dǽl gebyrgeþ, sé dreóseð oft æt middre nihte ambrosios libat coelesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Ph. 261. II. to fall, not remain standing (lit. or fig.), fall down, fall to pieces:--Þes middangeard ealra dógra gehwám dreóseð and fealleð, Wand. 63. Þá dúna dreósað and hreósað montes ruent, Dóm. L. 100. Druron deófolgyld, Exod. 47. III. to fall, not remain alert, droop, fail, sink:--Nǽnig manna wát hú mín hyge dreóseð, bysig æfter bócum, Sal. 60.