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▪ I. † dretch, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 1 drecc(e)an, 2–6 dreche, 3 dræcche, dracche, dreeche, 3–5 drecche, (4 drich), 5–6 dretch. pa. tense 1 drehte, 4 draihte. pa. pple. 1 (ᵹe)dreht, 3–4 idrecchid (-æ-, -a-, -ee-), idraht, 4 draiht.
[OE. drecc(e)an: unknown in the other Germanic langs.]
1. trans. To afflict, torment, vex; in ME. esp. to trouble in sleep.
c900Bede Glosses 27 in O.E. Texts 180 Adficiens, dreccende. a1000Cædmon's Gen. 2179 Mec sorᵹ dreceþ. c1000ælfric Hom. (Th.) I. 86 ᵹif he hwon hnappode, ðærrihte hine drehton nihtlice ᵹedwimor. c1175Lamb. Hom. 77 Alle oðre men þet heuie sunnen drecheð. c1205Lay. 4521 Þa þe king wes a-waht, he wes swuþe idraht. Ibid. 22556 Þa þe king him awoc swiðe he wes idræcched [c 1275 idrecched]. 1340–70Alisaunder 819 Hee was draiht with dreme thorou deuiles engines. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Catharina 818 Þu sall drich me na mare. c1386Chaucer Nun's Pr. T. 67 As man þat in his dreem is drecched soore. 1470–85Malory Arthur xx. v, We alle..were soo dretched that somme of vs lepte oute of oure beddes naked.
2. intr. To be troubled in sleep. rare.
1421Hoccleve Complaint 308 Lat them drem as them lyst and speke & dreche. c1440Promp. Parv. 131/2 Dremyn, or dretchyn yn slepe, sompnio. 1535Goodly Primer (1834) 210 Sleeping or waking, dreaming or dreching.
Hence † ˈdretching, torment, vexation, trouble.
a1050Liber Scintill. lxxx. (1889) 217 Fram þysum lichaman butan dreccunge stiþre beon ᵹenumene. c1230Hali Meid. 7 Deð hire in to drecchunge to dihten hus and hinen. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8080 Drecchynge by tymes haue þey wrought. 1470–85Malory Arthur xxi. xii, It is but dretchyng of sweuens.
▪ II. † dretch, v.2 Obs.
In 3–5 dreche, drecche, (5 driche, dryche.)
[Not known before 13th c.; in form identical with prec. vb., but, on account of diversity of sense, generally viewed as distinct.]
1. intr. To delay, linger, tarry.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1420 Ne wold he ðor Ouer on niȝt drechen nunmor. c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1215 (1264) What sholde I drecche [v.r. dretche] or telle of his aray? a1400Morte Arth. 754 For drede of þe derke nyghte þay drecchede a lyttille. 1461Liber Pluscardensis xi. xi. (1877) I. 399 The party..drichit and delayit our fra yeir to yeris.
2. trans. To delay.
b. To protract. rare.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 1602 What halt hit muche her-of to telle? to drecchen ous of our lay? 1393Gower Conf. II. 41 Than make I..tarienges To drecche forth the longe day.
Hence ˈdretching vbl. n., procrastination, delay.
a1300Cursor M. 16390 (Gött.) Selcuth vs thinc of þe, pilate, wid dreching [Cott. drightin] for to drill. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11757 Make no long drecching þer-to. c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. iii. 52 And to Rowme þet Tribwte pay Wycht-owtyn drychyng or delay. c1470Henry Wallace vii. 183 Trubbill weddyr makis schippis to droune, His drychyn is with Pluto in the se.
▪ III. † dretch, n. Obs.
[f. dretch v.1]
Trouble.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1972 To sett hym in þe waye And coundue hym by þe downez, þat he no drechch had. 13..MS. Cambr. Ff. ii. 38. 33 (Halliw.) Ye schall see a wondur dreche Whan my sone wole me fecche. |