dref

Middle English

Etymology

From conflation between drof and dreven.

Adjective

dref

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

Swedish

Verb

dref

  1. past indicative of drifva

Anagrams

Welsh

Noun

dref

  1. soft mutation of tref
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