á-drencan
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Add: where the subject is a person Hí man on sǽ ádrencte, Hml. S. 28, 127. Brettas hié bedrifon út on áne eá and monige ádrencton, Chr. 890; P. 82, 14. Hí ádrengton má ðonne ǽnig man wiste tó tellanne, 1087; P. 224, 19. Hí hig sylfe ádrencton, Jud. p
á-dreógan
to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform
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Add: to bear off Ic ádreóge digero, An. Ox. 18 b, 22. with the idea of pain :-- Hárnessa ádreóhende canos (suos) ducentes (ad inferos), 3368. to bear what is painful, suffer, endure :-- Ic ádreáh mycel broc, Bl. H. 175, 12. Wylm ádreáh fervorem exegit
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á-dreósan
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Angl. xiii. 385, 280
ofer-drencan
to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicate ⬩ inebriare
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to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicate Se ðe þurh fácn óðerne oferdrencþ inebriaverit fæste .xl. daga, L. Ecg. P. iv. 37; Th. ii, 214, 20: Past. 36; Swt. 261, 14. Ðú oferdrenctest hig inebriasti eam, Ps. Spl. 64, 9.
on-drencan
to inebriate
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to inebriate Hí wǽron ondrencte mid oferdrynce, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 20
tó-dreósan
To fall to pieces, ⬩ fall away, ⬩ decay
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To fall to pieces, fall away, decay Ðæt goldgeweorc eall tódreás, swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre, Shrn. 156, 15. He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182
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a-drencan
To plunge under ⬩ to immerse ⬩ drown ⬩ immergere
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To plunge under, to immerse, drown; immergere Wolde hine adrencan on ðære eá would drown him in the river, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 36. Caines ofspring eall wearþ adrenced on ðam deópan flód, ðe adyde mancinn Cain's offspring were all drowned in the deep flood
a-dreógan
to act ⬩ perform ⬩ practise ⬩ agere ⬩ perficere ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ pati ⬩ sustinere
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to act, perform, practise; agere, perficere He adreág unrihte þing gessit iniqua, Hymn. Bibl. Cott. Jul. A. 6. Ðe his lufan adreógeþ who practises his love, Exon. 33b; Th. 107, 24; Gú. 63. Líf adreógan agere vitam, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 29. to bear, suffer
a-dreósan
To fall ⬩ decline ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere
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To fall, decline; labi, deficere Ne biþ se hlísa adroren fame will not decline, non erit fama tædio affecta, Exon. 95a; Th. 355, 19; Reim. 79
in-drencan
To soak ⬩ saturate ⬩ inebriate
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To soak, saturate, inebriate Hí ðá sylfe betweónum indrencton mid ðám cerenum ðære gódspellícan swétnysse they mutually saturated each other with the wines of evangelic sweetness, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 7
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geond-drencan
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Beón gynddrencede of wíne inebriari uino. Chrd. 115, 9. Add
ge-drettan
To consume ⬩ consūmĕre
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To consume; consūmĕre Beóþ gedrette eác gescende confundantur et defĭciant, Ps. Th. 70, 12. [Or does gedrette = gedrehte?]
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under-drencan
suffocare
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glosses suffocare in: Underdrencdo suffocati, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 13
geond-drencan
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to saturate with liquor Ginddrencað inebriant, Kent. Gl. 111
ge-drettan
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Add: Cf. (?) ofer-drettan
ofer-drettan
to take with violence
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(?)to take with violence Wé oferdryttan praeoccupemus, Ps. Spl. 94, 2
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dreám-leás
Joyless, sad ⬩ mæstus
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Joyless, sad; mæstus Dreámleás gebád he continued joyless, Beo. Th. 3445; B. 1720: Cd. 202; Th. 251, 4; Dan. 558. Ðis is dreámleás hús this is a joyless house, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 22; Cri. 1628
dreám-líc
Joyous, musical ⬩ jucundus, musĭcus
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Joyous, musical; jucundus, musĭcus Dreámlíc oððe wynsum sý him spæc [MS. spæce] mín jucundum sit ei eloquium meum, Ps. Lamb. 103, 34. Ða dreámlícan musĭca, Cot. 133
dreám-swinsung
mirth-harmony, harmony
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mirth-harmony, harmony, Cot. 4
medu-dreám
Joy attending mead-drinking ⬩ festivity
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Joy attending mead-drinking, festivity Ne seah ic medudreám máran, Beo. Th. 4036; B. 2016. Meododreáma, Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 8; Bo. 44