nefne
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only, nothing but Dó tó drence nǽdran geworhte swá lǽcas cunnon, and þonne hié ǽlcra drincan willen, drincan hié nemne wæter, Lch. ii. 202, 18
on-feall
a swelling, fellon
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Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6. Lǽcedomas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum ond onfeallum and báncoþum, 98, 21: 102, 20. Wíð innanonfealle, 106, 9. Onfelle, 106, 10
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cwealm-bǽre
Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortifĕrus
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Drenc mid ðam cwealmbǽrum áttre gemenged a drink mingled with deadly poison, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17: 260, 11. Cwealmbǽrne mortifĕrum, Mone B. 4905 . Cómon ða cempan mid cwylmbǽrum tólum the soldiers came with deadly tools, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 7
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wín-líc
Of wine
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Of wine Hé wæter áwende tó wínlícum drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 37. Hé gemét ðæt wæter tó wínlícum swæcce áwend (cf. 1. 16), Homl. Th. ii. 58, 31: 64, 29
cammoc
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Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good drink, three portions of elf dock, eight of cammoc, L. M. 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 324, 20
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húsel-disc
Housel-dish ⬩ the paten
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Ðis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce and on ðone drenc mid háligwætere þweán and singan on this is to be written on a paten and washed into the drink and sung over, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 3
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be-galan
to enchant ⬩ charm ⬩ to recite a charm
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Add: to enchant, charm He on deófla naman begól þone gramlican drenc, Hml. S. 14, 76. Þá beóð begalene quae incan-tantur, Bl. Gl. to recite a charm Sygegealdor ic begale, sigegyrd ic mé wege, Lch. i. 388, 15.
leód-rúne
A witch ⬩ pythonissa
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M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26. Cockayne translates the word 'heathen charm.' Cf.
ampre
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Drenc of ompran, Lch. ii. 106, 18: 108, 1. Tó sealfe . . . ompran neoþowearde þá þe swimme, 52, 18: 76, 4. Wiþ wóum múþe genim ompran, 54, 22. Ádelfe ompran, 78, 1. Ampron, iii. 16, 12
þeór
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Wiþ þeóre drenc, and eft wiþ þære ( if þære refers to þeór the word would be feminine, but perhaps þeore should be read; cf. the text: Wyrc gódne ðeórdrenc ...
biter
painful ⬩ acrimonious ⬩ ill-natured
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Ðonne se lǽce bietre wyrta déð tó hwelcum drence, . . . ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence, Past. 303, 12-17. Bitrum rancidis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 62. bitter to the mind, painful Þá geogoðlustas him swíþe bitere þencaþ, Bl.
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be-súpan
To sup up ⬩ swallow
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To sup up, swallow Besúp scenc fulne þæs drences. Lch. ii. 312, 25
on-geótung
Pouring in
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Pouring in Clǽnsa ǽrest ða wambe mid drences ánfealddre ongeótunge, Lchmd. ii. 234, 26
dysig
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Nys drenc cilda ne dysigra ( stultorum ), Coll. M. 35, 19. Þú dysegost manna, Hml. Th. ii. 416, 13. Add
út-fór
A going out from the body ⬩ an evacuation
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A going out from the body, an evacuation Be drencum and útfórum, Lchdm. ii. 14, 30
ge-dryncness
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Cf. drynctun under drencan; I
wín
Wine
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Ðæm folce (the Scythians) seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes drencas... Hié búton gemetgunge ðæt wín drincende wǽron óð hí heora selfra lytel geweald hæfdon, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 11-19: Homl. Th. i. 352, 6: ii. 298, 18.
ǽ
A river ⬩ stream ⬩ rivus ⬩ torrens
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A river, stream; rivus, torrens On ðære ǽ ðú hý drencst thou shalt give them to drink of the stream; torrente potabis eos, Ps. Th. 35, 8
pocc
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Drenc wið poccum ... Wið poccum swíðe sceal mon blód lǽtan ... gif hié út sleán ǽlcne man sceall áweg ádelfan mid þorne, and ðonne wín oððe alordrenc drýpe on innan, ðonne ne beóþ hý gesýne, 104, 14-106, 6. See the note on this section
deriend-lic
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On ǽlcum mónðe beóð ǽfre twégen dagas þá syndon swíðe derigendlíce ǽnigne drenc tó drincanne. On þám óðrum mónðe se teóða dæg is derigendlic, Lch. iii. 152, 1-12. Wé áwurpon þá derigendlican ealdnesse, Hml. Th. i. 194, 25.