"drien" meaning in All languages combined

See drien on Wiktionary

Verb [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English drȳġan, from Proto-West Germanic *draugijan; equivalent to drye + -en (infinitive suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|drȳġan}} Old English drȳġan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*draugijan}} Proto-West Germanic *draugijan, {{af|enm|drye|-en<pos:infinitive suffix><id:infinitival>}} drye + -en (infinitive suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} drien Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|dri}} Forms: weak [table-tags], drien [infinitive], to drien [infinitive], drie [infinitive], drie [first-person, present, singular], dried [first-person, past, singular], driede [first-person, past, singular], driest [present, second-person, singular], driedest [past, second-person, singular], drieth [present, singular, third-person], dried [past, singular, third-person], driede [past, singular, third-person], drie [present, singular, subjunctive], dried [past, singular, subjunctive], driede [past, singular, subjunctive], drie [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], drien [plural, present], drie [plural, present], drieden [past, plural], dried [past, plural], driede [past, plural], drieth [imperative, plural, present], drie [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], driynge [participle, present], driende [participle, present], dried [participle, past], ydried [participle, past]
  1. to dry
    Sense id: en-drien-enm-verb-kX8p6awY Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 14 19 33 34
  2. to wipe
    Sense id: en-drien-enm-verb-F7wKDLbz Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 25 22 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 14 19 33 34
  3. to wither, dry up
    Sense id: en-drien-enm-verb-glbkvvFs Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 14 19 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 22 38 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 19 53 17
  4. to be thirsty
    Sense id: en-drien-enm-verb-hqWaAl-n Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 14 19 33 34
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "dry"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "drie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "dry"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "drye",
        "3": "-en<pos:infinitive suffix><id:infinitival>"
      },
      "expansion": "drye + -en (infinitive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English drȳġan, from Proto-West Germanic *draugijan; equivalent to drye + -en (infinitive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to drien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drieden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ydried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "drien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dri"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 19 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dry"
      ],
      "id": "en-drien-enm-verb-kX8p6awY",
      "links": [
        [
          "dry",
          "dry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "14 19 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wipe"
      ],
      "id": "en-drien-enm-verb-F7wKDLbz",
      "links": [
        [
          "wipe",
          "wipe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "14 19 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 22 38 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 19 53 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wither, dry up"
      ],
      "id": "en-drien-enm-verb-glbkvvFs",
      "links": [
        [
          "wither",
          "wither"
        ],
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          "dry up",
          "dry up"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "14 19 33 34",
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          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be thirsty"
      ],
      "id": "en-drien-enm-verb-hqWaAl-n",
      "links": [
        [
          "thirsty",
          "thirsty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "drien"
}
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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "dry"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "drie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "dry"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English drȳġan, from Proto-West Germanic *draugijan; equivalent to drye + -en (infinitive suffix).",
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to drien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drieden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ydried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
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    }
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        "1": "dri"
      },
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dry",
          "dry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wipe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wipe",
          "wipe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wither, dry up"
      ],
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        [
          "wither",
          "wither"
        ],
        [
          "dry up",
          "dry up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be thirsty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thirsty",
          "thirsty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "drien"
}

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