Ge-dreccan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-dreccan

Add :-- Gedrehte contractor, strictos, Germ. 401, 14. I. the object a person, (i) the subject a person. (a) to vex, afflict :-- ÞÁ heÁfodmen fyrde sendon, and mænig man mid þám swíðe gedrehtan, Chr. 1096 ; P. 233, 8. Hine deófol mid his lymum wylle gedreccan, Angl. viii. 324, 19. (b) to vex, annoy, provoke :-- Hí þone æðelan wer oft gedrehton (ad iracundiam provocabant), Hml. Th. ii. 174, 9. (2) the subject a thing :-- Þ UNCERTAIN gyld gedrehte ealle Engla þeóde, Chr. 105-2; P. 173, 20. Hunger þisne eard swíðe gedrehte, 1096; P. 233, 5. Arn egeslic wæter . . . Hé mid þám gedræht wæs, Vis. Lfc. 4, 6. Manege scíran wurdon þærle gedrehte þurh þone weall þe hí worhton the building of the wall proved very burdensome, Chr. 1097; P. 234, 6. Hý wérge wǽtan bǽdan drynces gedreahte tormented by thirst and weary they begged for a drink of water, Cri. 1509. II. the object a thing, to injure, destroy :-- Þ UNCERTAIN heriendlic [lof] hé gedrehte ut favorabile [viri Dei] [praeconium] elideret i. frangeret, An. Ox. 2779. ge-dreccan