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Old English
Etymology
From be- + drēosan.
Pronunciation
Verb
bedrēosan
- to overcome
- to deceive
- to deprive of, bereave, despoil
10th century, The Wanderer:Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,- The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
Conjugation