dreave

Meanings

Verb

• To drive; drive out; drive away; expel.

Noun

• A drove.
• A crowd or throng of people.
• The yearly herring fishing.
• A shoal of fish; a catch.

Origin

• From Middle English dreven, from Old English drǣfan ("to drive, drive out, expel"), from Proto-Germanic *draibijaną ("to cause to drive"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- ("to drive, push"). Cognate with Icelandic dreifa ("to spread out, disperse"). More at drive.
• From Middle English draf, from Old English drāf ("a drove, herd"). More at drove.