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Rh  O. Fr. drud (do.), druerie, love, whence M. Eng. druerie, Sc. drouery, illicit love. Mayhew refers the Fr. and Eng. to O. H. G. drút dear (also trút, drúd): a Teut. dreuð? Cf. Ger. traut, beloved (Kludge).

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