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("Agamemnon", "Hom. Od. 9.1", "denarius")

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drifa dríf, dreif, drifum, drifinn v

1. (I) to drift, drive like spray or snow (þá drífr snær ór öllum áttum); fig of missles, to shower, fly, like flakes of snow (láta d skot, vápn, á en) ; veðr var drífanda, there was a great snowstorm; esp impers with dat, dreif sandinn, the sand drifted; lauðri dreif á lypting útan, the spray drove over the poop; þegar dreif í Löginn krömmu, there fell wet snow in the Lake, it began to sleet;
2. to crowd, throng, rush; þá drífr ofan mannfjöldi mikill til strandar, a great crowd rushes down to the shore; dreif allt fólk á hans fund, all people crowded to see him; tóku menn þá at d brott frá hertoganum, men began to desert the duke; d yfir en, to befall, happen to one; refl, láta yfir drífast ( = d yfir sik), to yield, give in (rán ok útlegðir þeirra manna, er eigi létu yfir d) ;
3. to perform ; d leik, to play; en í annan stað á ek at d mikinn vanda, I am in a hard strait ;
4. to besprinkle with (et eu döggu drifinn)

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