dreʒly

adv.

Cl dryʒly; Pat dryʒlych

‘unceasingly, strongly, utterly, gravely’ (Modern English dreely, dreighly)

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

Predominantly N and alliterative (with the exception of Lydgate).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 1026; Pe 125, 223; Cl 74, 344, 476; Pat 235

On the sense at Gaw 1026, see Wright (1906: 212), who argues for ‘incessantly’ (against Morris’s ‘vigorously’).

Bibliography

MED drīlī (adv.) , OED dreely, dreighly (adv.) , HTOED , Dance dreʒly