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bedrift en · VERB

Etymology

From be- (“about, around”) + drift.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To drift about; drift around.
   • The disowned of all parties, the rejected and foolishly bedrifted hither and thither, to what corner of Nature can he now drift with advantage? 1909, Thomas Carlyle, Hilaire Belloc, The French revolution: a history:
   • [...] That season were singing aloud round my shield. When the hollow-wrought sun-disc that Frodis' arm holdeth With blood was bedrifted before the ring's lord, [...] 2011, Anonymous, William Morris, Eirkr Magnusson, The Eyrbyggja Saga and The Story of the Heath-Slayings:
   • Yet to him a new Madonna For the baby-boy who nestled On her bosom, all bedrifted With her yellow hair, [...] 1918, Katharine Lee Bates, The retinue, and other poems:

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