dru2 (s.xii3/4)
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dru2 (s.xii3/4)

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[ FEW: 3,164a *druto-; Gdf: 2,776c dru 2; GdfC: 9,417b dru; TL: 2,2086 dru 1; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  dru 2; TLF:  dru; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 

a.

1thick, lush: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Pres de quarante mil en gist sur l’erbe drue  7268
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  unk ne fu de buche oie La bealté de cele praerie, Tant fu l’erbe et drue et bele  247.97
2well-nourished: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Ja si dru n’en parterunt Les pores (=the poor) ke sur vus crierunt  90.49
3lusty, merry: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  çoe sunt esquiers, genz enveisez e druz  3993
( c.1185 )  Daunas est […] Halegres, seintz (=healthy) e drus  12278

adv.

1closely: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  mult dru sunt les greynes assiz l’un decoste l’autre (=in a pomegranate)  200
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