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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dre, Drie, v. Also: drey, dree. [ME. dre(e, drie, dreie, dreȝe(n, etc., OE. dréoᵹan. The original strong conjugation is lost in Sc.]

1. tr. To endure, suffer (pain, penance, fortune, etc.).(1) 1375 Barb. ii. 494.
As wtelauys [thai] went mony day, Dreand in the Month thar pyne Ib. iii. 321.
Thir angrys may I na mar drey a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 408.
That I suld wit … Quhou thu in payne has dreyt this lyf ?1438 Alex. ii. 8195.
The trauell and the pane That I haue dreit, is quyte me weill a1500 Henr. Robin & M. 22.
So that no denger do thé deir, Quhat dule in dern thow dre a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1195.
Behald … quhat pane and pyne dreit hes this ding, Is for thi saik c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 443.
Ȝone is a pete … That sic a perle of plesance suld ȝone pane dre 1513 Doug. iv. x. h.
Quhat sorow dreys queyn Dydo all the nycht 1513 Doug. xiii. i. 23.
The brydyll now refus thai nocht to dre, Nor ȝok thar nekkys in captiuite c1550 Rolland C. Venus iv. 27.
Thocht the chancellar greit laubours thair did dre a1570-86 Maitl. F. cxxx. 28.
The grit disase for luif I dre 1600-1610 Melvill 252.
This dreing for the space of thrie houres, in end I becam dead seik my selff a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 2 b.
A proud heart in a poore breast hes meikle dollour to dree(b) 1572 Sat. P. xxxii. 5.
The schame is thyne, thocht we the sorrow drie a1585 Maitl. Q. xlviii. 168.
In sorrow lat me not consome, Nor langer dolour drie c1590 J. Stewart 35/194.
From part to part I pas persewd and drest In duyning dolor quhilk I dalie drie(2) c1420 Ratis R. 766.
Gyf he hapnis sua to de, It is na dout his sawll sal dre To mekle penans a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 328.
Thus dre thy pennance wyth Deliquisti quia c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 92.
Quhare I may dre Pennance for my extortioun 1586 Perth Kirk S. 167.
Patrick Smith … desired … to dree his repentance on Sunday next 1596 Dalr. II. 210/15.
Quha war the slaers of Drum suld be banist to France and drie thair pennance thair 1633 Kirkcaldy Presb. 67.
William Young salbe welcome to my hous come when he will, and I shall drie for it 1653 Stirling Ant. II. 13.
Jeane Dougell did drie out hir repentance(3) 1375 Barb. iv. 650.
Ȝe wat nocht quhat-kyn forton Ȝhe mon dre in ȝour warraying a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1040.
Thow pvnist spreit, … Dippit in dolour dre furth thi destane a1568 Scott xx. 10.
Perfors tak paciens And dre thy destany a1585 Maitl. Q. xxxv. 58.
Gif ȝe ȝour dayis wald drie In pastyme maist perfyite 1585 James VI Ess. 44.
To drie Her voyage out, at last she came in end Into this land a1605 Montg. Misc. P. vii. 39.
Drie furth the inch as thou hes done the span

2. intr. To endure, last or hold out, continue. 1375 Barb. ii. 382.
He … dang on thaim quhill he mycht drey Ib. xviii. 53.
Sall na man say, quhill I may dre, That strynth of men sall ger me fle ?1438 Alex. ii. 1890.
He liftit his hand-axe hie, And straik als fast as he micht dre a1500 Henr. Fab. 2901.
To thé wer better … For all thy dayis to delf quhill thow may dre, Than [etc.] 1535 Stewart 19596.
The Scottis than, that no langer micht dre, Tha faucht to deid ilkone