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ge-drycnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-drycnan, pp. ed
To dry up, emaciate with disease
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  • Án wind cóm, and se wól mid þǽm winde. Þes moncwealm wæs. . . ofer ealle menn gelíce, þéh þe sume deáde wǽron, sume uneáþe gedrycnede

    aura corrumpens generali cunctos tabe confecit; ut etiam quos non egit in mortem turpi macie exinanitos adflictosque dintiserit,

      Ors. 3, 3 ; S. 102, 10.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-truchinit exsiccatum, siccatum: O. Sax. druknian to dry.]
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v.  -drycnan.
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