dref

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Middle English

Etymology

From conflation between drof and dreven.

Adjective

dref

Causing trouble or vexation.
- 1250, Genesis and Exodus
  Ydolatrie, ðat was hem lef, ofte vt-wrogte hem sorges dref.

Related terms

drof

References

“dref (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 June 2018.

Swedish

Verb

dref

(deprecated template usage) past tense of drifva.

Welsh

Noun

dref

soft mutation of tref

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