Participles
| Present | drǣfende |
| Past | (ġe)drǣfed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | drǣfe |
| 2nd sing. | drǣfest; drǣfst |
| 3rd sing. | drǣfeþ; drǣfþ |
| 1st plur. | drǣfaþ |
| 2nd plur. | drǣfaþ |
| 3rd plur. | drǣfaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | drǣfde |
| 2nd sing. | drǣfdest |
| 3rd sing. | drǣfde |
| 1st plur. | drǣfdon |
| 2nd plur. | drǣfdon |
| 3rd plur. | drǣfdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | drǣfe |
| 2nd sing. | drǣfe |
| 3rd sing. | drǣfe |
| 1st plur. | drǣfen |
| 2nd plur. | drǣfen |
| 3rd plur. | drǣfen |
Past
| 1st sing. | drǣfde |
| 2nd sing. | drǣfde |
| 3rd sing. | drǣfde |
| 1st plur. | drǣfden |
| 2nd plur. | drǣfden |
| 3rd plur. | drǣfden |
Imperative
| Singular | drǣf |
| Plural | drǣfaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'dræfan'
dræfan,
Verbs similar to 'dræfan'
aræfan,
drefan,
drifan,
ræfan,
adrifan,
arædan,
aræman,
aræran,
brædan,
cræftan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *draibijan, from Proto-Germanic *draibijaną (“to pursue, drive”); equivalent to drīfan + -an. See: Proto-Germanic '
*draibijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne. (Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.)
Cognates
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