Middle English Dictionary Entry
dravelen v.
Entry Info
Forms | dravelen v. |
Etymology | ON; cp. OI drafa to talk thick & OI drafl idle talk. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To mumble, mutter.
Associated quotations
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)84 : Homme bale et babeie: M. drauelith and wlaffyth.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1750 : In dreȝ droupyng of dreme draueled þat noble, As mon þat watz in mornyng of mony þro þoȝtes.