adrifan

Meaning

1. to drive away, repel, pursue

   Þȳ ilcan ġēare Claudius oferwann Gotan and hīe ādrāf ūt of Crēcum.

   The same year, Claudius defeated the Goths and drove them out of Greece.

   late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans

2. to expel

   An. DCLXXVIII Hēr oþiewede comēta se steorra ⁊ Wilfriþ bisċop wæs ādrifen of his bisċ.dōme from Eċġferþe cyninge.. Year 678 In this year the comet star appeared and Bishop Wilfriþ was expelled from his bishopdom by King Ecgfrith.

   The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

3. to cast out, exorcise

4. to evict

5. to move by force, impel, propel

6. to pierce

7. to forbid, prohibit

Conjugation