drift in Old English

IPA: /drift/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *driftiz. Cognate with Old Frisian drift, Old High German trift, Old Norse dript, drift. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*driftiz}} Proto-Germanic *driftiz, {{cog|ofs|drift}} Old Frisian drift, {{cog|goh|trift}} Old High German trift, {{cog|non|dript}} Old Norse dript Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|head=*drift}} *drift f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-f|*drift}}, {{ang-decl-noun|*drift|*drifte,*drifta|*drift,*drifte|*drifte,*drifta|*drifte|*drifta|*drifte|*driftum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], drift [nominative, singular], drifte [nominative, plural], drifta [nominative, plural], drift [accusative, singular], drifte [accusative, singular], drifte [accusative, plural], drifta [accusative, plural], drifte [genitive, singular], drifta [genitive, plural], drifte [dative, singular], driftum [dative, plural]

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"drift" meaning in Old English

Noun