different between dree vs dreye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Etymology 1

From Middle English dreen, dreghen, dreogen, from Old English dr?ogan, from Proto-Germanic *dreugan? (“to work, act, do military service”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?rewg?- (“to hold fast”). Cognate with Scots dree, drie (“to endure, thole, suffer, bear”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (driugan, “to do military service”), Icelandic drýgja (“to commit, connect, perpetrate, lengthen”). See also dright, drighten.

Verb

dree (third-person singular simple present drees, present participle dreeing, simple past and past participle dreed)

1. (transitive, chiefly dialectal, North England and Scotland) To suffer; bear; endure; put up with; undergo.
   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 8:

     And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree.

2. (intransitive, chiefly dialectal, North England and Scotland) To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.

Synonyms

• (suffer): See also Thesaurus:tolerate
• (endure):

Derived terms

• adree
• dree one’s weird

Etymology 2

From Middle English dre?, dregh, dry? (“long, extended, great”), from Old English *dr?og (“fit, sober, earnest”) and/or Old Norse drjúgr (“extensive, sufficient”); both from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (“extensive, firm”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?rewg?- (“to hold fast”). Cognate with Scots dreich (“extensive, lasting, long-lasting, tedious, tiresome, slow”), West Frisian drege (“extensive, long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough, solid, heavy”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, liberal, hard, large, ample”), Icelandic drjúgur (“long, substantial, ample, heavy”).

Alternative forms

• dreigh, dreegh (Scotland)

Adjective

dree (comparative more dree, superlative most dree)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Long; large; ample; great.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Great; of serious moment.
3. (now chiefly dialectal) Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.

Derived terms

• dreely

Etymology 3

From Middle English dreghe, dregh, from dregh, dre? (“long, extended, great”). See above.

Noun

dree (plural drees)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Length; extension; the longest part.

Anagrams

• Rede, Reed, de re, deer, dere, rede, reed

Low German

Alternative forms

• drei
• dre

Etymology

From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie, from Old Saxon thrie.

Numeral

dree

1. three

Coordinate terms

Related terms

• (ordinal numeral) darde (East Frisian), drüdde, drüdd', drütt, drütte (in Dithmarschen)

Luxembourgish

Verb

dree

1. second-person singular imperative of dreeën

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie, from Old Saxon thrie.

Numeral

dree

1. three

Scots

Etymology

From Old English dr?ogan, from Proto-West Germanic *dreugan, from Proto-Germanic *dreugan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dri?/

Verb

dree (third-person singular present drees, present participle dreein, past dreed, past participle dreed)

1. to endure, suffer, put up with, undergo

Derived terms

• dree one’s weird

Middle English

Adjective

dreye

1. Alternative form of drie

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)