dree

Meaning

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, transitive) To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive) To endure; to brook; also, to be able to do or continue.

Noun

Grief; suffering; trouble.

Adv

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) Of the doing of a task: with concentration; laboriously.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland) Chiefly of the falling of rain: without pause or stop; continuously, incessantly.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland) Slowly, tediously.

Adj

Alternative form of dreich.

Synonyms

get

pass

suffer

Translations

experimentar

bekommen

durchmachen

erdulden

erfahren

ertragen

🐻

sich unterziehen

durchleben

υφίσταμαι

endurer

éprouver

recevoir

subir

ricevere

يمر ب

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹiː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dreen

Inherited from Old English: drēogan

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽

Cognate with Icelandic: drýgja

Cognate with Scots: dree

Inherited from Middle English: dri

In summary

Probably partly borrowed from Scots dree, and partly derived from its etymon Middle English dreen, dreghen, dreogen, drien, from Old English drēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *dreugan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą (“to act; to work, (specifically) to do military service”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold fast”). Doublet of dreich, dright, and drighten.
Cognates
* Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan, “to do military service”)
* Icelandic drýgja (“to commit, connect, perpetrate, lengthen”)
* Scots dree, drie (“to bear, endure, suffer, thole”)