adv. Obs. prop. phr. Forms: 3–6 on dregh(e, on dryȝe, o dreghe, o dreih, a dreȝ(e, a dreigh, a drigh. [A prep.1 + dreȝe, dreghe, extent, length, distance: see DREGH.] At or to a distance, away, off.

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c. 1325.  E. E. Allit. Poems, B. 71. Þus þay droȝ hem a-dreȝ.

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c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron., 194. He bad þam alle draw þam o dreih.

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c. 1340.  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1031. Þere he draȝeȝ hym ondryȝe.

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1393.  Gower, Conf., II. 46. The kinges doughter … drewe her adrigh.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, XXVIII. 11647. Why draghes þou on dregh þes dedis so ferr?

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, II. xi. 56. My spous on dreich efter our trais sall hy.

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