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ge-drincan

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to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst
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  • Þá hé þone mete bróhte, hé bróhte him eác wín. Þá hé hæfde gedruncn (

    quo hausto),

    • Gen. 27, 25.
to drink intoxicating liquor convivially or for pleasure
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  • Is tó wyrnanne bearn-eácnum wífe ꝥ hió áht sealtes ete . . . oþþe beór drince, ne swínes flǽsc ete . . ., ne druncen gedrince

    (get drunk),

    • Lch. ii. 330, 8.
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to imbibe a liquid
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  • Hé þone unlybban ealne gedranc.

    • Hml. Th. i. 72, 25.

  • Ðæs wóses geswéttes mid hunige gedrinc bollan fulne,

    • Lch. ii. 30, 25.
to swallow the contents of a vessel
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  • Hé sende him glæsfat full wínes, and ꝥ se bysceop gebletsade. Sóna swá hé hit gedruncen hæfde

    misit ei calicem uini benedictum ab episcopo; quem ut bibit,

    • Bd. 5, 5;
    • Sch. 572, 8.
to absorb
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  • In gedrincaþ

    combiberint, contraxerint,

    • Germ. 391, 18.
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-driggkjan:
O.Sax. gi-drinkan
:
O. H. Ger. ge-trinchen.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/47700.

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