druerie

Old French

Etymology

dru (“thick, strong, loyal, lover”) +‎ -erie (feminine noun-deriving suffix).

Noun

druerie oblique singular, f (oblique plural drueries, nominative singular druerie, nominative plural drueries)

1. love, romance

   c. 1180, Marie de France, “Guigemar”, in Lais of Marie de France:

   dame fet il jeo meurc pur vus / mis quers en est mult anguissus / se vus ne me volez guarir / dunc m'estuet il en fin murir / jo vus requier de druerie / bele ne m'escundites mie

   "Lady," he said, "I die for your sake / My heart is in much anguish for you / If you do not wish to heal me / Then I must finally die / I ask from you love / Fair lady, do not deny me."

2. romantic gift

Descendants

• → English: drury

Synonyms

• amor