Obs. Forms: Inf. 1 adrúʓian, adruwian; 2–3 adruʓien, adruwien, adruien; 4 adrouʓe. Pa. pple. 1 adrúʓod, adruwod; 2–3 adruwed. (All southern.) [f. A- pref. 1 intensive + druʓian to (become) dry, see DROW v. and DROUGHT. There was also an OE. adrýʓan to (make) dry, which seems to have been confused in 2–3 in the south with adruwien, so that the latter is used in the senses of both the earlier verbs.]
1. intr. To dry up, to become dry, withered, etc.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gen. viii. 11. Þa wætera wǽron adruwode.
c. 1000. O. E. Gosp., Matt. xiii. 6. Hiʓ adruwodon and forscruncon.
c. 1160. Hatton Gosp., ibid., Hyo adruwedon and forscrunken.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 133. Sum … feol an uppe þe stane and þer adruʓede.
c. 1230. Ancren Riwle, 150. Auh adruieð þe bowes, & iwurðet hwite rondes … Hwon hit is so adruwed.
c. 1315. Shoreham, 34. Ȝef thou wylt, man, thorȝ thy schryft Lat thy senne al a-drouȝe.
2. trans. To dry, dry up. (In this sense it seems to take the place of OE. adrýʓan; see first quot.)
c. 940. Sax. Leechd., II. 70. Adrige beana & geseoþ butan sealte.
c. 1230. Ancr. Riwle, 220. He adruwede þe Reade See.
