todrifan

todrifan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tedrībaną, *twizdrībaną (“to scatter”), equivalent to tō- +‎ drīfan. Cognate with Old Frisian tōdrīva, Old High German zitrīban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈdriːvɑn/

Verb

tōdrīfan

1. to drive apart, scatter, dispel
   • c. 1000, Anonymous, Beowulf, 544-5

     Ða wit ætsomne on sæ wæron
     fif nihta fyrst oþ þæt unc flod todraf.

     We were together there in the sea
     for five nights' time until the tide drove us apart.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tōdrīfan (strong class 1)

infinitive	tōdrīfan	tō tōdrīfenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	tōdrīfe	tōdrāf
2nd-person singular	tōdrīfest	tōdrife
3rd-person singular	tōdrīfeþ	tōdrāf
plural	tōdrīfaþ	tōdrifon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	tōdrīfe	tōdrife
plural	tōdrīfen	tōdrifen
imperative
singular	tōdrīf
plural	tōdrīfaþ
participle	present	past
	tōdrīfende	(ġe)tōdrifen

Descendants

• Middle English: todriven
  • English: todrive