dreye

Middle English

Adjective

dreye (plural and weak singular drie, comparative dreyere, superlative *dreyest)

Alternative form of drye
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 40, recto:
  The brode rẏuer / som tẏme wexeth dreẏe
  The broad river sometimes grows dry

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