Participles
| Present | drēosende |
| Past | (ġe)droren |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | drēose |
| 2nd sing. | drīest |
| 3rd sing. | drīest |
| 1st plur. | drēosaþ |
| 2nd plur. | drēosaþ |
| 3rd plur. | drēosaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | drēas |
| 2nd sing. | drure |
| 3rd sing. | drēas |
| 1st plur. | druron |
| 2nd plur. | druron |
| 3rd plur. | druron |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | drēose |
| 2nd sing. | drēose |
| 3rd sing. | drēose |
| 1st plur. | drēosen |
| 2nd plur. | drēosen |
| 3rd plur. | drēosen |
Past
| 1st sing. | drure |
| 2nd sing. | drure |
| 3rd sing. | drure |
| 1st plur. | druren |
| 2nd plur. | druren |
| 3rd plur. | druren |
Imperative
| Singular | drēos |
| Plural | drēosaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'dreosan'
dreosan,
Verbs similar to 'dreosan'
dreogan,
dreopan,
freosan,
greosan,
hreosan,
adreogan,
bedreosan,
bidreosan,
breotan,
breowan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dreusan, from Proto-Germanic *dreusaną. Cognate with Old Saxon driosan, Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (driusan). See: Proto-Germanic '
*dreusaną', Old Saxon '
driosan'.
Sample Sentences
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mōdġe maguþeġnas. · Swā þēs middanġeard
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ealra dōgra ġehwām · drēoseð ond fealleþ, (brave warriors. Thus this world
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perishes and falls to each of all days,) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Cognates
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