dreogan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dreugan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan, “do military service”), Old Saxon driogan and Old Norse drýgja (“perform, practise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdre͜oː.ɡɑn/, [ˈdre͜oː.ɣɑn]

Verb

drēogan

1. to do, take, perform (a service, duty etc.)
   • c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:

     Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wīsan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.

     Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.

2. to bear, suffer, undergo, endure

Conjugation

Conjugation of drēogan (strong class 2)

infinitive	drēogan	drēogenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	drēoge	drēag, drēah
second person singular	drīeġst	druge
third person singular	drīeġþ	drēag, drēah
plural	drēogaþ	drugon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	drēoge	druge
plural	drēogen	drugen
imperative
singular	drēog, drēoh
plural	drēogaþ
participle	present	past
	drēogende	(ġe)drogen

Derived terms

• ādrēogan
• ġedrēogan
• þurhdrēogan

Descendants

• English: dree, drudge
• Scots: dree