dreave

dreave · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰreybʰ-“to drive, push”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*draibijaną“to cause to drive”
3. Old English · inherited fromdrǣfan“to drive, drive out, expel”
4. Middle English · inherited fromdreven
5. English todaydreave

From Middle English dreven, from Old English drǣfan (“to drive, drive out, expel”), from Proto-Germanic *draibijaną (“to cause to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Icelandic dreifa (“to spread out, disperse”). More at drive.

dreave · noun²

1. Old English · inherited fromdrāf“a drove, herd”
2. Middle English · inherited fromdraf
3. English todaydreave

From Middle English draf, from Old English drāf (“a drove, herd”). More at drove.

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