Old English · adjective
dryge
Normalised drȳġe
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈdryː.je/
- Syllables
- ˈdryː · je (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- dry
Meaning
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dry
oþþe unlȳtel lēades clympre, lēohtre iċ eom micle þonne þēs lȳtla wyrm
I am much heavier than the gray stone or an un-little clump of lead, I am much lighter than this little bug that walks here on the water with dry feet
Hefiġere iċ eom micle þonne sē hāra stān
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | drȳġe | drȳġudrȳġo | drȳġe |
| Accusative | drȳġne | drȳġe | drȳġe |
| Genitive | drȳġes | drȳġre | drȳġes |
| Dative | drȳġum | drȳġre | drȳġum |
| Instrumental | drȳġe | drȳġre | drȳġe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | drȳġe | drȳġadrȳġe | drȳġudrȳġo |
| Accusative | drȳġe | drȳġadrȳġe | drȳġudrȳġo |
| Genitive | drȳġra | drȳġra | drȳġra |
| Dative | drȳġum | drȳġum | drȳġum |
| Instrumental | drȳġum | drȳġum | drȳġum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | drȳġa | drȳġe | drȳġe |
| Accusative | drȳġan | drȳġan | drȳġe |
| Genitive | drȳġan | drȳġan | drȳġan |
| Dative | drȳġan | drȳġan | drȳġan |
| Instrumental | drȳġan | drȳġan | drȳġan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | drȳġan | drȳġan | drȳġan |
| Accusative | drȳġan | drȳġan | drȳġan |
| Genitive | drȳġradrȳġena | drȳġradrȳġena | drȳġradrȳġena |
| Dative | drȳġum | drȳġum | drȳġum |
| Instrumental | drȳġum | drȳġum | drȳġum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard or solid”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).
Descendants
dry
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