dreor
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
- IPA(key): /dreːo̯r/, [dreːo̯r]
Noun
drēor m
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