drencan
- verb
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Swá hwá swá óðerne drencð (ðrencð, v. l.), hé wirð self oferdruncen
qui inebriat, ipse quoque inebriabitur
(Prov.- 11, 25), Past. 381, 4.
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God ús drencte mid teárum
potum dedit nobis in lacrymis,
- 413, 11.
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Drynctun mec mid ecede
potaverunt me aceto,
- Ps. Srt. 68, 22.
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Swelcum mannum deáh ꝥ hié hié selfe drencen,
- Lch. ii. 224, 1.
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Heó þǽre róde tácn on þá wætru drencte, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. II a.
to plunge, sink
:-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran,- Ps. Th. 106, 17.
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Hí ne mihte fýr bærnan ne wæter dræncean,
- Shrn. 66, 17.
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Þú Petre ðǽm drencende hond girahtest
Petro mergenti manum porrexisti,
- Rtl. 101, 42.
Bosworth, Joseph. “drencan.” 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/42924.
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