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DRENCAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
DRENCAN, part. drencende; p. ic, he drencte, ðú drenctest, pl. drencton; pp.drenced ; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §289; §311; §529; §643;
to give to drink, to
DRENCH, make drunk; potum vel potiōnem dāre, potāre, inebriāre
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  • Of burnan willan ðínes ðú drenctest [Th. drencst] hí

    torrente voluntātis tuæ potābis eos,

    • Ps. Spl. 35,
    • 9.
  • Ðú drenctest us mid, wíne

    potasti nos vino,

    • 59,
    • 3.
  • On þurste mínum hí drencton me mid ecede

    in siti mea potavērunt me acēto,

    • 68,
    • 26.
  • Drencende

    inebrians,

    • 64,
    • 11.
  • Se inwida dryht-guman síne drencte mid wíne

    the wicked one made his people drunk with wine,

    • Judth. 10
    • ;
    • Thw. 21,
    • 21;
    • Jud. 29
    • .
to drown; submergĕre,
  • Ps. Tb. 106,
  • 17.
Etymology
[
Wyc. drenche:
Piers P. drenchen, drenche:
Chauc. drenche:
Plat. drenken:
O. Sax. drenkan:
Frs. drinssen:
O. Frs. drenka, drinka, drinsa to drown:
Dut. drenken to drench:
Ger. tränken to give to drink:
M. H. Ger. trenken:
O. H. Ger. trankjan, trenkjan potāre:
Goth. dragkyan to give to drink:
Swed. dränka to drown:
Icel. drekkja to drown
.]
Derived forms
a-drencan, for-, ge-, in-, ofer-, ofge-, on-
Similar entries
v. drincan.
Linked entries
v.  dryncan.
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