"drift" meaning in Old English

See drift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /drift/
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: {{head|ang|reconstructed nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=*drift|sort=}} *drift f, {{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: strong [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]
  1. an act of driving (cattle, herds, etc.); movement Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-drift-ang-noun-XROqh0Iz Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 64 30 5
  2. a driving force Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-drift-ang-noun-UPxIdiDA
  3. drift (of snow) Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-drift-ang-noun-JiLU9uhm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: drīfan, ġedrif, ġedrīf

Download JSON data for drift meaning in Old English (3.6kB)

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