drieve

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• dreiwe (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German drīven, from Old High German *drīvan, northern variant of trīban, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʀiːvə/

Verb

drieve (third-person singular present driev, preterite drevv, past participle jedrevve)

1. (Ripuarian, transitive) to drive, push, rush (cause to go somewhere or to do something)

   Driev dat Mädche net su! Wann et net met well, bliet et evvens do.

   Don’t push the girl like this! If she doesn’t want to come along, she’ll stay here.

   • 1994, “Alles kann ich ligge”‎^[1]performed by Bläck Fööss:

     Von hück op morje von der Bross jenomme un vill zo hastig an der Nüggel jezwunge.
     Für dä Prozess wor ich innerlich nit rief: Alles kann ich ligge, nur nit, we’ mer mich driev!

     [At age six I was] weaned off the breast overnight and forced to take a dummy much too quickly.
     For this process I was mentally immature: I can stand anything except being rushed!

2. (Ripuarian, intransitive) to float

   Do driev ene dude Fesch em Waßer.

   There’s a dead fish floating in the water.

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Verb

drieve

1. Alternative form of dhreeve
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 7-8:

     'choo'd drieve aam aul awye to Kie o' Cress Farnogue, an maake aam cry, 'Rotheda Palloake !' "

     I would drive them all away to the quay of Cross Farnogue, and make them cry, 'Rotten Palluck !' "

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 110