Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (2)
1. to perform, fulfil, make; 2. to endure, bear; to suffer; 3. to enjoy; 4. to fight
Etymology
[Mod E DREE ← Prot-Germ *dreugan; Goth driugan “to wage war, fight”; Icel drýgja “to commit, perpetrate”; ← Indo-Europ *dhreugh-; cf Lith draũgas “friend”; O Slav дроугъ “friend” (Russ друг); дроужина “team, retinue; circle of friends” (Russ дружина); Lat drungus “troops, army”; O Ir drong “crowd, throng” ← presumably from Germanic]
Paradigm
4.1.2. - II class
II class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
to fly | fléoȝan | fléaȝ, fléah | fluȝon | floȝen |
to choose, select | céosan | céas | curon | coren |
to pull, draw, drag | téon | téah | tuȝon | toȝen |
to bow; to bend | búȝan | béaȝ, béah | buȝon | boȝen |
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