Drygan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - drygan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- drygan
- l. drýgan, and add: I. to make dry. (1) of a person's action, (a) to dry by wiping, rubbing, &c. :-- Heó his fét mid hire loccum drýgde, Bl. H. 69, 2. Drégde, 73, 19. Hé geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan Sci Laurentius limu, Shrn. 115, 23. Drégende tergens (os suum), Kent. Gl. 1067. (b) to dry by exposure to heat, air :-- Dríg hí on sceade swýþe þearle, Lch. i. 70, 10. Nim heortes sceallan, drýg, wyrc tó duste, 336, 16. Dríg tó duste, 20. (2) of the action of heat, air, &c. :-- Seó hǽtu drýgð, and seó beorhtnys onlýht, Hml. Th. ii. 284, 35. II. to become dry :-- Drýgeð l wisneð aruit, Jn. L. 15, 6. drygan