† druerydruryn.

Forms: α. Middle English druery, druerie, driwerie, drywery, dryworie, Middle English drew-, drou-, druwery(e; β. Middle English drury, druri, Middle English dreury, drwry(e, Middle English drurie, drurye, drewri(e, drewry, drowry, Middle English droury, drewre, 1500s Scottish drou-, drowrie, (1800s Scottish drurie).

Etymology: < Old French druerie, droerie, druirie love, friendship (= Italian druderia , medieval Latin drudaria Du Cange), < dru , drut , friend: see drut n.

Obsolete.

1. Love, esp. sexual love, love-making, courtship; often, illicit love, amour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun]

loveOE

druery?c1225

amoursc1330

paramoura1375

love-likingc1390

Cupidc1420

love amoura1500

fancy1559

passion1590

belle passion1711

romance1858

romanticalism1922

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 244 O þe deore driwerie þet he haueð to his deore spuse. þet is to þe cleane saule.

c1275 Sinners Beware 158 in Old Eng. Misc. 77 Þeos prude leuedies Þat luuyeþ drywories, And brekeþ spusynge.

c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 184 Of ladies love and druerie Anon I wol you tell.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 23786 A litil lust, A drewri [Gött. dreuri, Trin. Cambr. dreury, Vesp. druri] þat es bot a dust.

c1460 Launfal 995 That he never, yn no folye, Besofte the quene of no drurye.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 498 Than mycht he weill ask ane lady Hir amouris and hir drowry [1489 Adv. drouery].

2. A love-token, keepsake, gift, present. (In Scottish confused in sense with dowery: see dowry n.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > love-token or love-gift

love-tokenOE

druery?c1225

love-druryc1400

favour1592

love-favour1597

gage d'amour1768

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 183 Þis wes his driwerie þet he lefde & ȝef ham inhis departunge.

13.. K. Alis. 7610 By special messangere, Y wol sende hire love-drewry.

?a1500 How Marchande dyd hys Wyfe betray 32 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. I. 197 That y myȝt the bye some ryche drewre.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 61^v Of thy auld Name I the deprive..To thy Drourie, and callis the Daliance.

1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 1003, in Wks. (1931) I. 172 He gaif hir ane lufe drowrie, Ane Ring set with ane riche Rubie.

3. A beloved person, ‘love’, sweetheart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart

copenerc897

lovec1225

lemanc1275

sweetinga1300

druery13..

doceamurc1320

paramoura1375

honeybirdc1390

honey-sweetc1440

dowsec1450

heart-rootc1460

prim1509

joa1529

sweetheart1576

love-mate1582

belamour1590

copemate1593

frister1639

sprunny1739

Liebling1868

Liebchen1876

angel pie1878

loved one1879

cariad1899

square piece1925

sheikha1926

sweetie-pie1928

oppo1932

poopsie1937

mi'jita1970

squeeze1980

boo1988

bae2006

13.. K. Alis. 2214 Mony mon ther les his brothir..Mony maide hire drewery.

c1315 Shoreham 131 Thou [Mary] art Crystes oȝene drury.

a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 74 Jesu my dere, and my drewrye.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 497 in Poems (1981) 23 Ȝone wes our drowrie and our dayis darling.

4. A beloved, prized, or precious thing, a treasure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > thing of worth

treasurec1200

margaritea1325

druery1340

store1410

relica1425

gemc1560

Jew's eye1593

worthy1598

wealth1650

gold dust1690

nugget1853

white gold1921

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7825 Þare es alkyn druryes and rychesce.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 85 Treuþe is þe Beste..Hit is as derworþe a drurie as deore god him-seluen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21372 Quen it [sc. the cross] had ben tua hundret yere Al vnder mold, þat druri dere..He did be funden thoru a wijf.

a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 87 So was þou daynte as drowry derely endent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	druery
释义	† druerydruryn. Forms: α. Middle English druery, druerie, driwerie, drywery, dryworie, Middle English drew-, drou-, druwery(e; β. Middle English drury, druri, Middle English dreury, drwry(e, Middle English drurie, drurye, drewri(e, drewry, drowry, Middle English droury, drewre, 1500s Scottish drou-, drowrie, (1800s Scottish drurie). Etymology: < Old French druerie, droerie, druirie love, friendship (= Italian druderia , medieval Latin drudaria Du Cange), < dru , drut , friend: see drut n. Obsolete. 1. Love, esp. sexual love, love-making, courtship; often, illicit love, amour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] loveOE druery?c1225 amoursc1330 paramoura1375 love-likingc1390 Cupidc1420 love amoura1500 fancy1559 passion1590 belle passion1711 romance1858 romanticalism1922 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 244 O þe deore driwerie þet he haueð to his deore spuse. þet is to þe cleane saule. c1275 Sinners Beware 158 in Old Eng. Misc. 77 Þeos prude leuedies Þat luuyeþ drywories, And brekeþ spusynge. c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 184 Of ladies love and druerie Anon I wol you tell. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 23786 A litil lust, A drewri [Gött. dreuri, Trin. Cambr. dreury, Vesp. druri] þat es bot a dust. c1460 Launfal 995 That he never, yn no folye, Besofte the quene of no drurye. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 498 Than mycht he weill ask ane lady Hir amouris and hir drowry [1489 Adv. drouery]. 2. A love-token, keepsake, gift, present. (In Scottish confused in sense with dowery: see dowry n.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > love-token or love-gift love-tokenOE druery?c1225 love-druryc1400 favour1592 love-favour1597 gage d'amour1768 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 183 Þis wes his driwerie þet he lefde & ȝef ham inhis departunge. 13.. K. Alis. 7610 By special messangere, Y wol sende hire love-drewry. ?a1500 How Marchande dyd hys Wyfe betray 32 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. I. 197 That y myȝt the bye some ryche drewre. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 61^v Of thy auld Name I the deprive..To thy Drourie, and callis the Daliance. 1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 1003, in Wks. (1931) I. 172 He gaif hir ane lufe drowrie, Ane Ring set with ane riche Rubie. 3. A beloved person, ‘love’, sweetheart. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart copenerc897 lovec1225 lemanc1275 sweetinga1300 druery13.. doceamurc1320 paramoura1375 honeybirdc1390 honey-sweetc1440 dowsec1450 heart-rootc1460 prim1509 joa1529 sweetheart1576 love-mate1582 belamour1590 copemate1593 frister1639 sprunny1739 Liebling1868 Liebchen1876 angel pie1878 loved one1879 cariad1899 square piece1925 sheikha1926 sweetie-pie1928 oppo1932 poopsie1937 mi'jita1970 squeeze1980 boo1988 bae2006 13.. K. Alis. 2214 Mony mon ther les his brothir..Mony maide hire drewery. c1315 Shoreham 131 Thou [Mary] art Crystes oȝene drury. a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 74 Jesu my dere, and my drewrye. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 497 in Poems (1981) 23 Ȝone wes our drowrie and our dayis darling. 4. A beloved, prized, or precious thing, a treasure. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > thing of worth treasurec1200 margaritea1325 druery1340 store1410 relica1425 gemc1560 Jew's eye1593 worthy1598 wealth1650 gold dust1690 nugget1853 white gold1921 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7825 Þare es alkyn druryes and rychesce. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 85 Treuþe is þe Beste..Hit is as derworþe a drurie as deore god him-seluen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21372 Quen it [sc. the cross] had ben tua hundret yere Al vnder mold, þat druri dere..He did be funden thoru a wijf. a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 87 So was þou daynte as drowry derely endent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?c1225
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