p. -drehte; pp. -dreht, -dreaht To vex, afflict, torment, oppress; vexare, affligere, tribulare, opprimere :-- He hæfþ on slǽpe ðýn wýf gedreht he hath vexed thy wife in her sleep, Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 15. Beornas, gretaþ hýgegeómre hreówum gedreahte men sad in mind with griefs afflicted shall wail, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 34; Cri. 994. Hí scondum gedreahte they shamefully tormented, Exon. 26 b; Th. 79, 32; Cri. 1299 : 30 a; Th. 92, 15; Cri. 1509. For meteleáste gedrehte for want of food oppressed, Andr. Kmbl. 78; An. 39. Of unclǽnum gástum gedrehte vexati a spiritibus immundis, Lk. Bos. 6, 18 : 7, 6. ge-dreccan