dree — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • Transitive

   Examples

   Peace to the souls of the graveless dead! / 'Twas an awful doom to dree; / But fearful and wondrous are thy works, / O God! in the boundless sea!

   And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree.

2. To endure; to brook; also, to be able to do or continue.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • Intransitive

Noun

1. Grief; suffering; trouble.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Northumbria
   • Scotland
   • Archaic

   Examples

   Life is blood, shed and offered. / The eagle’s eye can face this dree. / To beasts of chase the lie is proffered: / Timor Mortis Conturbat Me.

Adverb

1. Of the doing of a task: with concentration; laboriously.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland

2. Chiefly of the falling of rain: without pause or stop; continuously, incessantly.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland

3. Slowly, tediously.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland