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▪ I. † dreve, v.1 Obs. Forms: 1 drœ́fan, dréfan, 2–3 drefe, 3 dreofe, dreaue, 3–4 dreve. [OE. dréfan = OS. drôƀjan, druovjan (LG. dröfen, dröven, Du. droeven), OHG. *truobjan, truoban, (MHG. trüeben, G. trüben), Goth. drôbjan to disturb; f. OTeut. *drôƀu- turbid, disturbed; perh. from an ablaut series draƀ-, drôƀ-, whence also draff. Cf. drove v.1, drovy a.] trans. To trouble, disturb, agitate.
Beowulf (Th.) 2838 Water under stod dreoriᵹ and ᵹedrefed. c1000Ags. Gosp. John xiv. 1 Ne sy eower heorte ᵹedrefed [Lindisf. G. ᵹedroefed]. c1200Ormin 147 He warrþ drefedd & forrdredd. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 195 Unbilefde folc þe wolden dreuen hem. a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 193 Ne beoð heo neuer i-dreaued mid winde ne mid reine. c1250Gen. & Ex. 318 Ic wene ðat ic and eue sulen alle is blisse dreue. c1400Anturs of Arth. xxii, Alle the Duseperis of Fraunse with ȝour dyn deuyt [Thornt. MS. dreuede]. ▪ II. † dreve, v.2 Obs. Also 5 Sc. drefe. [OE. drǽfan to drive, impel (:—dráƀjan) corresp. to Goth. draibjan to drive, trouble, vex:—OTeut. *draiƀjan, f. draiƀ- ablaut grade of dreiƀan, OE. drífan to drive.] 1. trans. To drive away or apart; to separate.
c1325Chron. Eng. 406 in Ritson Met. Rom. II. 287 Thus wes Englond to-deled, Ant uch kyng from other dreved. c1340Cursor M. 5316 (Fairf.) Mony baret fra him was dreued. Ibid. 6766. c 1470 Henry Wallace xi. 1330 Bot cowatice the ay fra honour drefyd [v.r. dreft]. absol.1573Tusser Husb. xxxv. (1878) 83 If yee deale guilefully, parson will dreue, and so to your selfe a worse turne ye may geue. 2. intr. To move, proceed, tend.
a1300Cursor M. 1768 (Gött.) Þe springes gan ouer al vte dreue. c1400Destr. Troy 7123 Thus curstly þat knighthode..þurgh domys of destany dreuyt to noght. ▪ III. dreve, drevin, -yn obs. pa. pple. of drive v. |