dref

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.
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Related terms

drof

References

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

Swedish

Verb

dref

past indicative of drifva

Anagrams

Fred, fred

Welsh

Noun

dref

soft mutation of tref

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