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ofer-drync

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ofer-drync, es; m.
excessive drinking, drunkenness
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  • Behealdaþ eów ðæt gé ne gehefgien eówre heortan mid oferdrynce (

    ebrietate

    ),
      Past. 18, 2; Swt. 129, 19.
  • Hí férdon tó sumre wydewan hám and ðǽr wǽron ondrencte mid oferdrynce,

      Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 20.
an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place (cf, ge-drinc)
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  • Hé begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas

    comessationibus vacat atque conviviis,

      Deut. 21, 20.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ubar-trunk ebrietas: cf. O. L. Ger. obardrank.]
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v.  ofer-drenc ofer-drinc ofer-gedrync.
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  • ofer-drync, n.