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† to-drive, v. Obs.
[OE. todrífan, f. to-2 + drífan to drive; = OHG. zi-, ze-trîban, MHG. ze-, zer-trîben.]
1. trans. To drive asunder, disperse, rout, scatter; to drive away, dispel; to dissolve.
Beowulf 545 Þa wit ætsomne on sæ wæron fif nihta fyrst oþ þæt unc flod to-draf. c950Lindisf. Gosp. John x. 12 Ðe ulf nimeð &..todrifeð ða scip. c1200Ormin 16397 Forr þatt hiss stren all shollde ben Todrifenn & toskeȝȝredd. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4722 At bedeford come þe saxons & smite an batayle & to driue [v.rr. to droue, to drofe] þe brutons. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 16 Þe kyng was narow holden, his folk alle to dryuen. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxiii. 174 Lechecraft lette sholde elde And to-dryue away deþ with drogges.
b. To dash or break in pieces. rare—1.
c1320Cast. Love (Halliw.) 862 That ther shuld come a woman blyve That shuld all his hed to-dryve.
c. intr. To strike violently; to let drive. rare—1.
c1205Lay. 8152 Euelin wes swiðe wrað & mid þan stæue to-draf And smat Herigal a þon ribben.
2. intr. To fly in pieces; to be splintered or shattered; to burst.
c1205Lay. 2895 Þe king feol on þene rof Þat he al to-draf. 13..S. Eng. Leg. (MS. Bodl. 779) in Herrig Archiv. LXXXII. 410/96 Witþ þat ilke word..Þe god of bras al to⁓drof so hit were of clay. c1430Hymns Virg. 122 Alle the worlle schalle to-dryve; Wo be þey þatt ben on lyve! c1460Launfal 482 Than myghte me se..Speres to-breste and to-dryve. |