Participles
| Present | drēogende |
| Past | (ġe)drogen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | drēoge |
| 2nd sing. | drīeġst |
| 3rd sing. | drīeġþ |
| 1st plur. | drēogaþ |
| 2nd plur. | drēogaþ |
| 3rd plur. | drēogaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | drēag; drēah |
| 2nd sing. | druge |
| 3rd sing. | drēag; drēah |
| 1st plur. | drugon |
| 2nd plur. | drugon |
| 3rd plur. | drugon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | drēoge |
| 2nd sing. | drēoge |
| 3rd sing. | drēoge |
| 1st plur. | drēogen |
| 2nd plur. | drēogen |
| 3rd plur. | drēogen |
Past
| 1st sing. | druge |
| 2nd sing. | druge |
| 3rd sing. | druge |
| 1st plur. | drugen |
| 2nd plur. | drugen |
| 3rd plur. | drugen |
Imperative
| Singular | drēog; drēoh |
| Plural | drēogaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'dreogan'
dreogan,
Verbs similar to 'dreogan'
adreogan,
dreopan,
dreosan,
freogan,
brengan,
breotan,
breowan,
breoþan,
creopan,
dragan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dreugan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan, “do military service”), Old Saxon driogan and Old Norse drýgja (“perform, practise”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*dreuganą', Old Saxon '
driogan'.
Verbs referencing "dreogan"
Scots
dree.
Sample Sentences
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Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wīsan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge. (Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.) [c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:]
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Þæt sē beorn ne wāt, eft ēadiġ seċġ, hwæt þā sume drēogað þe þā wræclāstas wīdost leċġað. (The warfarer does not know, the blessed again man, what some folks undergo who widely go through exile-paths.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Cognates
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