DREEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Probably partly borrowed from Scots dree, and partly derived from its etymon 中期英語 dreen, dreghen, dreogen, drien, from 古期英語 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.

動詞

dree (third-person singular simple present drees, present participle dreeing, simple past and past participle dreed) (chiefly Northern England, Scotland)

1. (transitive) To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tolerate

   • 1826, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Literary Gazette, 16th September: The Frozen Ship:

     Peace to the souls of the graveless dead! / 'Twas an awful doom to dree; / But fearful and wondrous are thy works, / O God! in the boundless sea!

   • 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VIII, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:

     And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree.

2. (intransitive) To endure; to brook; also, to be able to do or continue.

派生語

• adree
• dree one's weird

語源 2

Probably partly:

• derived from the verb (see etymology 1); and
• borrowed from Scots dree, or derived from its etymon 中期英語 dri, drie, dregh, dreghe (“annoyance, trouble; grief; period of time”), possibly from 中期英語 dregh, dri, drie (“burdensome; depressing, dismal; large, tall; lasting, long; long-suffering, patient; tedious; of blows: hard, heavy; of the face: unchanging, unmoved; of a person: strong, valorous”), from 古期英語 *drēog, *drēoȝ, dreoh (“earnest; fit; sober”), and then probably partly:
  • shortened from 古期英語 gedrēog (“calm, quiet; sober; fit, suitable”, adjective); and
  • influenced by Old Norse drjúgr (“sufficient; excessive, very; great; strong”), from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (see above).

Doublet of dreich.

名詞

dree (plural drees)

1. (chiefly Northumbria, Scotland, archaic) Grief; suffering; trouble.
   • 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter VIII, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):

     Life is blood, shed and offered. / The eagle’s eye can face this dree. / To beasts of chase the lie is proffered: / Timor Mortis Conturbat Me.

派生語

語源 3

From dreich (adjective).

副詞

dree (comparative more dree, superlative most dree)

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

語源 4

See dreich.

形容詞

dree (comparative dreer, superlative dreest)

1. Alternative form of dreich
   • 1863, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, “The Engagement”, in Sylvia’s Lovers. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 40:

     To be sure, t' winter's been a dree season, and thou'rt, maybe, in the right on't to make a late start.

   • 1863, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, “Wedding Raiment”, in Sylvia’s Lovers. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 278:

     But he's lying i' such dree poverty,—and niver a friend to go near him,—niver a person to speak a kind word t' him.

   • a. 1931 (date written), D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “A Hay Hut among the Mountains”, in Warren Roberts, Harry T. Moore, editors, Phoenix II: Uncollected, Unpublished, and Other Prose Works by D. H. Lawrence […], Viking Compass edition, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, published 1970, →ISBN, part I (Stories and Sketches), page 43:

     So, after two hours' running downhill, we came out in the level valley at Glashütte. It was raining now, a thick dree rain.

派生語

• dreely

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