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dryre

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
dryre, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§239; §386;
Fall, decline, ceasing; cāsus, lapsus, cessātio
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  • Hrímes dryre

    a fall of rime,

    • Exon. 56 a
    • ;
    • Th. 198,
    • 27;
    • Ph. 16
    • .
  • Ðǽr wæs ne dreámes dryre

    there was no ceasing of joy,

    44 b;
    • Th, 152,
    • 1;
    • Gú. 802
    • .
Derived forms
fǽr-dryre
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v. dreósan.
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