Drugian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - drugian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

he drugaþ,

drugian
pl. drugiaþ; p. ode; pp. od; [drige dry] To become, dry, wither; arescĕre :-- Drugaþ his ár on borde his oar becomes dry on board, Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 15; Gn. Ex. 188. On mergen swá wyrt gewíteþ, on mergen blóweþ and fareþ, on ǽfen afylþ, astíðaþ, and drugaþ mane sīcut herba transeat, mane flōreat et transeat, vespĕre decĭdat, indūret, et arescat, Ps. Spl. 89, 6. Gif ðæt wæter hí ne geþwǽnde, ðonne drugode hió if the water moistened it [the earth] not, then it would become dry, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 8. DER. a-drugian, for-, ge-: unadrugod. drugian

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