bedrifan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to drive or thrust on or upon, enforce one to do something
- to surround; beset
- to pursue, follow
Etymology
Prefix from Old English drīfan (transact, impel by physical force, chase, thrust, urge a cause, speak often of a matter, proceed with violence, prosecute, force, follow up, act impetuously, carry off vigorously, rush with violence, exercise, agitate, move, pursue, practice, drive, conduct, carry on, do, suffer, rush against, trot out, hunt, undergo, bring up).
Origin
Old English
drīfan
Gloss
transact, impel by physical force, chase, thrust, urge a cause, speak often of a matter, proceed with violence, prosecute, force, follow up, act impetuously, carry off vigorously, rush with violence, exercise, agitate, move, pursue, practice, drive, conduct, carry on, do, suffer, rush against, trot out, hunt, undergo, bring up
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Cognates and derived terms
- *drībaną Proto-Germanic
- drīfan Old English
- fordrifan Old English
- oferdrifan Old English
- todrifan Old English
- þurhdrifan Old English
- driven Middle English