dreave meaning: definition, etymology

dreave

verb

Etymology From Middle English dreven, from Old English drǣfan (“to drive, drive out, expel”), from Proto-Germanic *draibijaną (“to cause to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Icelandic dreifa (“to spread out, disperse”). More at drive.

UK, Dialectal To drive; drive out; drive away; expel.

dreave

noun

Etymology From Middle English draf, from Old English drāf (“a drove, herd”). More at drove.

UK, Dialectal A drove.

UK, Dialectal A crowd or throng of people.

Scotland, UK, Dialectal The yearly herring fishing.

Scotland, UK, Dialectal A shoal of fish; a catch.

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