dreor

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dreuzaz, *drauziz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”). Cognate with Old Saxon drōr, Old High German trōr, and Old Norse and Icelandic dreyri. The historical sense is of something which ‘falls’: the Germanic base is also the source of Old English drēosan (“fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dre͜oːr/

Noun

drēor m

1. gore, blood
   • Iċ his blōd āġēat, drēor on eorðan.

     I spilled his blood, his gore on the earth.

     (Genesis A)

Related terms

• drēoriġ