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drincan

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drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §59; §96; §111; §225; §289; §299; §310; §498;
Add:
    Seel. 114;
druncan bibere, tó druncenne ad bibendum,
    Scint. 107, 1, 3.
absolute,
to take a draught of a liquid
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  • Druncðú (drunce,v. l.)

    bibisti?,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 13.

  • Drince hé gelóme,

      Lch. ii. 314, 14.
  • Syle drincan on wíne, i. 316, 5.

  • Þú scealt ǽrest óðerne geseón drincan,

      Hml. Th. i. 72, 14.
to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst
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  • Gif þú ofer gemet itst oþþe drincst,

      Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 15.
to drink intoxicating liquors convivially, to feast (cf. Icel. sitja við drykkju to banquet, carouse )
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  • Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæð,

      Ll. Th. i. 4, 1.

  • Ðá ðe wódlíce drincað, and heora gewitt ámyrrað,

      Hml. A. 6, 145.

  • Gif man wǽpn ábregde þǽr mæn drincen,

      32, 11, 8.
  • Ne mót nán preóst drincan æt wínhúsum ealles tó gelóme, ii. 386, 8.

  • Sé ðe wylle drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám,

      357, 39.
trans.
to imbibe a liquid
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  • Hié þone drenc druncon,

      Bl. H. 229, 13.

  • Ꝥ man ꝥ betste wín on gebeórscipe drince,

      57, 6.

  • Drince hé wearmes scene fulne,

      Lch. ii. 316, 16.

  • Búton Jóhannes áttor drunce,

      Hml. Th. i. 72, 11.

  • Hié him sealdon áttor drinccan,

      Bl. H. 229, 16.
to swallow the contents of a cup
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  • Mage gyt drincan þone calic þe ic tó drincenne hæbbe? Gyt mínne calic drincað,

      Mt. 20, 22, 23: Mk. 10, 38-39.
to use as a beverage
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  • Ne drincþ hé wín ne ealu,

      Bl. H.165, 11.

  • Se cyning and þá rícostan men drincað myran meolc, and þá unspédigan and þá þeówan drincað medo,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 16.

  • Nalles scír wín hí ne druncan ... hlúterra wella wæter hí druncon,

      Bt. 15; F. 48, 10, 13.

  • Hí wæter ne druncon, ac manna blód druncon,

      Bl. H. 229, 8.
to inhale smoke (cf.
to drink tobacco)
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  • Lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc,

      Lch. ii. 316, 11.
of porous material,
to absorb
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  • Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déð

    elephanti corium, cujus ea natura est, ut imbrem tamquam spongia ebibat,

      Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 26.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “drincan.” 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/42956.

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