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dreed
English
Verb
dreed
- simple past tense and past participle of dree
Anagrams
- dered, edder
Scots
Verb
dreed
- simple past tense and past participle of dree
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dree
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)
- (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.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 8:
- (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)
- (now chiefly dialectal) Long; large; ample; great.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Great; of serious moment.
- (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)
- (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
- three
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- (ordinal numeral) darde (East Frisian), drüdde, drüdd', drütt, drütte (in Dithmarschen)
Luxembourgish
Verb
dree
- second-person singular imperative of dreeën
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie, from Old Saxon thrie.
Numeral
dree
- 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)
- to endure, suffer, put up with, undergo
Derived terms
- dree one’s weird
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