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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse dreyra, from dreyri (“blood”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dreyra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dreyrði, supine dreyrt)
- (dated, intransitive) to bleed, to ooze blood from a slight wound
Hann risti í lófa sér krossmark, svo að dreyrði.- He cut a mark of the cross into his arm so that blood flowed.