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drenc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§225; §387; §562;
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drinking
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  • Sé þe óðerne neádað ofer his mihte tó drincenne, sé mót áberan heora bégra gilt, gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð,

      Ælfc. T. 21, 32, 38.
  • Gýfernyss déð ꝥ man tó micel nimð on wǽte . . . and þone mann tó deáðe gebrincgð for ðám ormǽtan drænce (ormǽtum drenceum,

    v. l.

    ),
      Hml. S. 16, 273. v. ofer-drenc.
drink, liquid taken as nourishment
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  • Þæt genóh sý ǽnlýpigum munuce tó dæges drence (drænce,

    v. l.

    ) þæs wínes gemet þe is emina geháten,
      R. Ben. 64, 14.
  • Se líchoma bútan mete and drence leofian ne mæg,

      Bl. H. 57, 10.
  • Drenc, fódan

    haustum, pastum,

      Hy. S. 103, 35.
a draught, cup
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  • Drences

    potationis,

      An. Ox. 4990.
  • Deáðes scencende drenc

    mortis propinans poculum,

      Hy. S. 31, 15.
  • Drencas biberes, R. Ben. I. 66, 8. III a.

    what is drunk as medicine

    :-- Hit is se lǽce*-*dóm and se drenc ðe ðú wilnodest,
      Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 21.
  • For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc,

      39, 9; F. 226, 11.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. drench. Cf. Goth. draggk; n.: O. Sax. O. Frs. drank: O. H. Ger. tranch.]
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v. ác-, clǽnsung-, eced-, medu-, morgen-, spiw-, wece-, wín-drenc; drence.
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