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a-drincan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen
To be immersed, extinguished, quenched by water, to be drowned; immergi, exstingui, aquis suffocari
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  • Lígfýr adranc

    the fire-flame was quenched,

    • Cd. 146; Th. 182, 18
    • ;
    • Exod. 77
    • .
  • Mycele má moncynnes adranc on ðam wætere

    many more of mankind were drowned in the water,

    • Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 36
    • .
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v.  a-dronc a-druncen.
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