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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Related terms

• drof

References

• “dref, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 June 2018.

Swedish

Verb

dref

1. past indicative of drifva

Anagrams

• Fred, fred

Welsh

Noun

dref

1. soft mutation of tref