[drepe], st. m., blow, stroke: acc. sg. drepe, [1590].
[drêfan], ge-drêfan, w. v., to move, to agitate, to stir up: inf. gewât ... drêfan deóp wäter (to navigate), [1905]; pret. part. wäter under stôd dreórig and gedrêfed, [1418].
[dreám], st. m., rejoicing, joyous actions, joy: nom. sg. häleða dreám, [497]; acc. sg. dreám hlûdne, [88]; þu ... dreám healdende, thou who livest in rejoicing (at the drinking-carouse), who art joyous, [1228]: dat. instr. sg. dreáme bedæled, [1276]; gen. pl. dreáma leás, [851]; dat. pl. dreámum (here adverbial) lifdon, lived in rejoicing, joyously, [99]; dreámum bedæled, [722]; the last may refer also to heavenly joys.—Comp. gleó-, gum-, man-, sele-dreám.
[dreám-leás], adj., without rejoicing, joyless: nom. sg. of King Heremôd, [1721].
[dreógan], st. v.: 1) to lead a life, to be in a certain condition: pret. dreáh äfter dôme, lived in honor, honorably, [2180]; pret. pl. fyren-þearfe ongeat, þät hie ær drugon aldorleáse lange hwile, (God) had seen the great distress, (had seen) that they had lived long without a ruler (?), [15].—2) to experience, to live through, to do, to make, to enjoy: imp. dreóh symbelwynne, pass through the pleasure of the meal, to enjoy the meal, [1783]; inf. driht-scype dreógan (do a heroic deed), [1471]; pret. sundnytte dreáh (had the occupation of swimming, i.e. swam through the sea), [2361]; pret. pl. hie gewin drugon (fought), [799]; hî sîð drugon, made the way, went, [1967].—3) to experience, to bear, to suffer: scealt werhðo dreógan, shall suffer damnation, [590]; pret. þegn-sorge dreáh, bore sorrow for his heroes, [131]; nearoþearfe dreáh, [422]; pret. pl. inwidsorge þe hie ær drugon, [832]; similarly, [1859].
â-dreógan, to suffer, to endure: inf. wræc âdreógan, [3079].
ge-dreógan, to live through, to enjoy, pret. part. þät he ... gedrogen häfde eorðan wynne, that he had now enjoyed the pleasures of earth (i.e. that he was at his death), [2727].
[dreór], st. m., blood dropping or flowing from wounds: instr. sg. dreóre, [447].—Comp. heoru-, sâwul-, wäl-dreór.
[dreór-fâh], adj., colored with blood, spotted with blood: nom. sg. [485].
[dreórig], adj., bloody, bleeding: nom. sg. wäter stôd dreórig, [1418]; acc. sg. dryhten sînne driórigne fand, [2790].—Comp. heoru-dreórig.