dræfan

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdræː.fɑn/, [ˈdræː.vɑn]

Verb

drǣfan

  1. to drive (forward)
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of drǣfan (weak, class 1)
infinitive drǣfan drǣfenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular drǣfe drǣfde
second person singular drǣfest, drǣfst drǣfdest
third person singular drǣfeþ, drǣfþ drǣfde
plural drǣfaþ drǣfdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular drǣfe drǣfde
plural drǣfen drǣfden
imperative
singular drǣf
plural drǣfaþ
participle present past
drǣfende (ġe)drǣfed

Derived terms

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