Participles
| Present | drēfende |
| Past | (ġe)drēfed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | drēfe |
| 2nd sing. | drēfest; drēfst |
| 3rd sing. | drēfeþ; drēfþ |
| 1st plur. | drēfaþ |
| 2nd plur. | drēfaþ |
| 3rd plur. | drēfaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | drēfde |
| 2nd sing. | drēfdest |
| 3rd sing. | drēfde |
| 1st plur. | drēfdon |
| 2nd plur. | drēfdon |
| 3rd plur. | drēfdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | drēfe |
| 2nd sing. | drēfe |
| 3rd sing. | drēfe |
| 1st plur. | drēfen |
| 2nd plur. | drēfen |
| 3rd plur. | drēfen |
Past
| 1st sing. | drēfde |
| 2nd sing. | drēfde |
| 3rd sing. | drēfde |
| 1st plur. | drēfden |
| 2nd plur. | drēfden |
| 3rd plur. | drēfden |
Imperative
| Singular | drēf |
| Plural | drēfaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'drefan'
drefan,
Verbs similar to 'drefan'
dræfan,
dreman,
drepan,
drifan,
adrifan,
aræfan,
brecan,
decan,
delfan,
deman,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *drōbijan, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb”); equivalent to drōf + -an. Cognate with Old Saxon drōƀjan, Old Dutch druoven (Dutch droeven), Old High German truoben (German trüben), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (drōbjan). See: Proto-Germanic '
*drōbijaną', Dutch '
droeven', German, old spelling '
trüben'.
Sample Sentences
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The Anglo-Saxon version of the story of Apollonius of Tyre
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Đā ġewearþ hit þæt þǣs mǣdenes fōstormōdor intō þām būre ēode, ⁊ ġesēah hī ðār sittan on miċelre ġedrefednesse, ⁊ hire cwæð tō, "Hwiġ eart þū hlæfdiġe swā ġedrefedes mōdes?" (It happened that the girl's foster mother came into the room and saw her sitting full of confusion, and said to her "Lady, why are you so troubled of mind?.")
Cognates
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