dreye
Middle English
Adjective
dreye
- alternative form of drye
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 40, recto:
- The brode rẏuer / som tẏme wexeth dreẏe
- The broad river sometimes grows dry