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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dreuzaz, *drauziz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”). Cognate with Old Saxon drōr, Old High German trōr, and Old Norse and Icelandic dreyri. The historical sense is of something which ‘falls’: the Germanic base is also the source of Old English drēosan (“fall”).
Pronunciation
Noun
drēor m
- gore, blood
Iċ his blōd āġēat, drēor on eorðan.- I spilled his blood, his gore on the earth.
- (Genesis A)
Declension
Strong a-stem: