dree

[dree]

dree

[dree] adjective, verb, dreed, dree·ing. Scot. and North England
adjective
1.
tedious; dreary.
verb (used with object)
2.
to suffer; endure.

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Dree is one of our favorite verbs.
So is absquatulate. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to flee; abscond:
Also, dreegh [dreekh] , dreigh, driech, driegh.


Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English drēogan to endure; cognate with Gothic driugan to serve (in arms)
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dree (driː)
 
vb , drees, dreeing, dreed
1.  (tr) to endure
2.  dree one's weird to endure one's fate
 
adj
3.  another word for dreich
 
[Old English drēogan; related to Old Norse drӯgja to perpetrate]

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