dreorig

Old English

Alternative forms

• drēoreġ, drēorġ, drīoriġ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz. Cognate with Old Saxon drōrag, Old High German trūrag, Old Norse dreyrugr. Equivalent to drēor +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdre͜oː.rij/

Adjective

drēoriġ

1. sad

   Dēaþ biþ simle drēoriġ, for þon þe ealle menn sind ġelufode, oþþe hūru lufe wierðe.

   Death is always sad, because all people are loved, or at least deserve love.

   • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

     Hwȳ eart þū swā drēoriġ?

     Why are you so sad?

2. bloody, gory

Declension

Declension of drēoriġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	drēoriġ	drēoriġu, drēorġu, drēoriġo, drēorġo	drēoriġ
Accusative	drēoriġne	drēoriġe, drēorġe	drēoriġ
Genitive	drēoriġes, drēorġes	drēoriġre	drēoriġes, drēorġes
Dative	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġre	drēoriġum, drēorġum
Instrumental	drēoriġe, drēorġe	drēoriġre	drēoriġe, drēorġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	drēoriġe, drēorġe	drēoriġa, drēorġa, drēoriġe, drēorġe	drēoriġu, drēorġu, drēoriġo, drēorġo
Accusative	drēoriġe, drēorġe	drēoriġa, drēorġa, drēoriġe, drēorġe	drēoriġu, drēorġu, drēoriġo, drēorġo
Genitive	drēoriġra	drēoriġra	drēoriġra
Dative	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġum, drēorġum
Instrumental	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġum, drēorġum

Declension of drēoriġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	drēoriġa, drēorġa	drēoriġe, drēorġe	drēoriġe, drēorġe
Accusative	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġe, drēorġe
Genitive	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan
Dative	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan
Instrumental	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan
Accusative	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan	drēoriġan, drēorġan
Genitive	drēoriġra, drēoriġena, drēorġena	drēoriġra, drēoriġena, drēorġena	drēoriġra, drēoriġena, drēorġena
Dative	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġum, drēorġum
Instrumental	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġum, drēorġum	drēoriġum, drēorġum

Derived terms

• drēoriġlīċe
• drēoriġnes

Descendants

• Middle English: dreorig, drerig, drerg, dreri, druri, drury
  • Scots: drear
  • English: dreary