dreʒ

adv.

'forcibly'

(Modern English dree, dreigh)

Etymology

Formed on dryʒe.

PGmc Ancestor

*dreug-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

drjúgr 'abundant, sufficient, lasting; supportive staunch, persistent (etc.)'
(ONP drjúgr (adj.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far dr(j)úgvur, Icel drjúgur, Norw drjug, Sw dryg

OE Cognate

gedrēog ‘quiet, calm, sobre; fit, suitable’

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

CC3ac

(CC1a)

Attestation

Otherwise recorded by MED only in c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch) and c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 2263

On the sense at Gaw 2263, see Emerson (1922: 405-6),who prefers ‘enduringly, continuously’; PS gloss ‘unswervingly, straight’.

Bibliography

MED drīe (adv.) , OED dree, dreigh (adv.) , HTOED , Dance dreʒ