druerie
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]dru (“thick, strong, loyal, lover”) + -erie (feminine noun-deriving suffix).
Noun
[edit]druerie oblique singular, f (oblique plural drueries, nominative singular druerie, nominative plural drueries)
- love, romance
- c. 1180, Marie de France, “Guigemar”, in Lais of Marie de France:
- dame fet il jeo meurc pur vus / mis quers en est mult anguissus / se vus ne me volez guarir / dunc m'estuet il en fin murir / jo vus requier de druerie / bele ne m'escundites mie
- "Lady," he said, "I die for your sake / My heart is in much anguish for you / If you do not wish to heal me / Then I must finally die / I ask from you love / Fair lady, do not deny me."
- romantic gift
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: drury