dree

Meanings

Verb

• To suffer; bear; endure; put up with; undergo.
• To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.

Adjective

• Long; large; ample; great.
• Great; of serious moment.
• Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.

Noun

• Length; extension; the longest part.

Origin

• From Middle English dreen, dreghen, dreogen, from Old English drēogan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą ("to work, act, do military service"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- ("to hold fast"). Cognate with Scots dree, drie, Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 ("to do military service"), Icelandic drýgja ("to commit, connect, perpetrate, lengthen"). See also dright, drighten.
• From Middle English dreȝ, dregh, dryȝ, from Old English ("fit, sober, earnest") and/or Old Norse drjúgr ("extensive, sufficient"); both from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz ("extensive, firm"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- ("to hold fast"). Cognate with Scots dreich ("extensive, lasting, long-lasting, tedious, tiresome, slow"), West Frisian drege ("extensive, long-lasting"), Danish drøj ("tough, solid, heavy"), Swedish dryg ("lasting, liberal, hard, large, ample"), Icelandic drjúgur ("long, substantial, ample, heavy").
• From Middle English dreghe, dregh, from dregh, dreȝ. See above.