Dree vs Dreve - What's the difference?
dree | dreve |
To suffer; bear; thole; endure; put up with; undergo.
* 1885 , Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , volume 8:
To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Long; large; ample; great.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Great; of serious moment.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.
(obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.
----
As verbs the difference between dree and dreve
is that dree is to suffer; bear; thole; endure; put up with; undergo while dreve is (obsolete) to trouble; afflict; make anxious.As an adjective dree
is (now|chiefly|dialectal) long; large; ample; great.As a noun dree
is (now|chiefly|dialectal) length; extension; the longest part.dree
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dreen, dreghen, dreogen, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).Verb
(d)- And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree .