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drenc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
drenc, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §387; §562;
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DRENCH, dose, draught, drink; pōtus, pōtio
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  • Wið útsiht-ádle drenc

    a dose for diarrhœa,

    • L. M. cont. 3,
      • 22;
    • Lchdm. ii. 300,
      • 23.

  • Drenc pōtus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 16: Wrt. Voc. 82, 46:

    pōtio,

    • 74,
      • 7.

  • Se drenc deádbǽra wæs

    the drink was deadly,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 158,
      • 22.

  • Wín nys drenc cilda

    vinum non est pōtus puerōrum,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 158,
      • 17.

  • Wið sídan sáre ðære swíðran hwíte clæfran wyrc to drence

    for sore of right side make white clover to a drink,

    • L. M. 1,
      • 21;
    • Lchdm. ii. 64, 4: 1,
      • 23;
    • Lchdm. ii. 64, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 158,
      • 16.

  • Wyrc drenc wið hwóstan

    make a dose for cough,

    • L. M. 1,
      • 15;
    • Lchdm. ii. 56,
      • 18.

  • Sele him oft styrgendne drenc

    give him often a stirring drink,

    • 1,
      • 42;
    • Lchdm. ii. 106,
      • 25.

  • Se yrþling sylþ us hláf and drenc

    arātor dat nobis panem et potum,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 31,
      • 3.

  • Hí ðone gástlícan drenc druncon

    they drank the spiritual drink,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 202,
      • 3.

  • Drenc wyð áttre a dose or antidote against poison; theriăca =

    θηριακή,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 12
      • ;
    • Som. 57,
      • 78;
    • Wrt. Voc. 20,
      • 20.

  • Swylfende drenc a dose to be gulped or swallowed down, a pill; catapŏtium =

    κατα960;ότιoν,

    • 12
      • ;
    • Som. 57,
      • 80;
    • Wrt. Voc. 20,
      • 22.
a drowning; demersio, submersio
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  • Sume drenc fornam on lagostreáme

    drowning took off some in the water-stream,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 272
      • ;
    • El. 136
      • .

  • Gæst in deáþ-seledrence bifæsteþ scipu mid scealcum

    the guest commits ships and crews to the death-hall by drowning,

    • Exon. 97 a
      • ;
    • Th. 362,
      • 2;
    • Wal. 30
      • .
Derived forms
berig-drenc, dolh-, dust-, ofer-, wyrt-
Linked entries
v.  drenge.
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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/7894.

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