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Where does “dreghe” come from?

dreghe (Middle English) comes from Middle English dregh, from Old English drēog — fit, sober, earnest.

Ancestry of “dreghe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdregh—
2Old Englishdrēogfit, sober, earnest
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