Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

drenc

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §387; §562;
Add:
drinking
Show examples

  • 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
Show examples

  • 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
Show examples

  • 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.]
Similar entries
v. ác-, clǽnsung-, eced-, medu-, morgen-, spiw-, wece-, wín-drenc; drence.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “drenc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/42923.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • drenc, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.