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drenc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
drenc, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §387; §562;
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DRENCH, dose, draught, drink; pōtus, pōtio
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  • Wið útsiht-ádle drenc

    a dose for diarrhœa,

    • L. M. cont. 3,
    • 22;
    • Lchdm. ii. 300,
    • 23.
  • Drenc pōtus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 16: Wrt. Voc. 82, 46:

    pōtio,

    • 74,
    • 7.
  • Se drenc deádbǽra wæs

    the drink was deadly,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 158,
    • 22.
  • Wín nys drenc cilda

    vinum non est pōtus puerōrum,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 158,
    • 17.
  • Wið sídan sáre ðære swíðran hwíte clæfran wyrc to drence

    for sore of right side make white clover to a drink,

    • L. M. 1,
    • 21;
    • Lchdm. ii. 64, 4: 1,
    • 23;
    • Lchdm. ii. 64, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 158,
    • 16.
  • Wyrc drenc wið hwóstan

    make a dose for cough,

    • L. M. 1,
    • 15;
    • Lchdm. ii. 56,
    • 18.
  • Sele him oft styrgendne drenc

    give him often a stirring drink,

    • 1,
    • 42;
    • Lchdm. ii. 106,
    • 25.
  • Se yrþling sylþ us hláf and drenc

    arātor dat nobis panem et potum,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 31,
    • 3.
  • Hí ðone gástlícan drenc druncon

    they drank the spiritual drink,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 202,
    • 3.
  • Drenc wyð áttre a dose or antidote against poison; theriăca =

    θηριακή,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 12
    • ;
    • Som. 57,
    • 78;
    • Wrt. Voc. 20,
    • 20.
  • Swylfende drenc a dose to be gulped or swallowed down, a pill; catapŏtium =

    κατα960;ότιoν,

    • 12
    • ;
    • Som. 57,
    • 80;
    • Wrt. Voc. 20,
    • 22.
a drowning; demersio, submersio
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  • Sume drenc fornam on lagostreáme

    drowning took off some in the water-stream,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 272
    • ;
    • El. 136
    • .
  • Gæst in deáþ-seledrence bifæsteþ scipu mid scealcum

    the guest commits ships and crews to the death-hall by drowning,

    • Exon. 97 a
    • ;
    • Th. 362,
    • 2;
    • Wal. 30
    • .
Derived forms
berig-drenc, dolh-, dust-, ofer-, wyrt-
Linked entries
v.  drenge.
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  • drenc, n.