Ge-dréfan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-dréfan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-dréfan
p. de; pp. ed To disturb, trouble, vex, offend; turbare, conturbare, confundere, scandalizare :-- Hwí gedréfe gyt me quare [vos duo] conturbatis me, Ps. Th. 41, 5. Se Hǽlend gedréfde hyne sylfne Jesus turbavit seipsum, Jn. Bos. 11, 33 : Lk. Bos. 24. 37. Ðú gedréfest deópe wǽlas tu conturbas profundos vortices, Ps. Th. 64, 7. Ðú gedréfst grúnd sǽs tu confundas profundum maris, Ps. Spl. 64, 7. Beóþ gedréfde þeóda turbabuntur gentes, Ps. Spl. 64, 8. Swá hwá swá gedréfþ ǽnne of ðyssum lytlingum whosoever shall offend one of these little ones, Mk. Bos. 9, 42. [O. Sax. ge-dróbian.]

Related words: dréfan. ge-drefan

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