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for-drincan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
for-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen
To make drunk, inebriate; madefăcĕre, ebriāre
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  • Gedréfde hí syndon and astyrede syndon swá swá fordruncen [MS. fordruncon] man

    turbāti sunt et mōti sunt sīcut ebrius,

    • Ps. Lamb. 106, 27.
  • Abigail forswígode ðæt dysig hiere fordruncnan hláfordes

    Abigail concealed the folly of her drunken lord,

    • Past. 40, 4
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 55 a. 13.
Etymology
[
Laym. for-drunkene cnihtes.
]
Linked entries
v.  fore-druncen.
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