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drencan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§60; §289; §311; §529; §643;
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to give drink to
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  • Swá hwá swá óðerne drencð (ðrencð, v. l.), hé wirð self oferdruncen

    qui inebriat, ipse quoque inebriabitur

    (Prov.
      11, 25), Past. 381, 4.
  • God ús drencte mid teárum

    potum dedit nobis in lacrymis,

      413, 11.
  • Drynctun mec mid ecede

    potaverunt me aceto,

      Ps. Srt. 68, 22.
  • Swelcum mannum deáh ꝥ hié hié selfe drencen,

      Lch. ii. 224, 1.
to plunge into water
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  • Heó þǽre róde tácn on þá wætru drencte, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. II a.

    to plunge, sink

    :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran,
      Ps. Th. 106, 17.
of water,
to drown
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  • Hí ne mihte fýr bærnan ne wæter dræncean,

      Shrn. 66, 17.
intrans.
To sink in water, drown
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  • Þú Petre ðǽm drencende hond girahtest

    Petro mergenti manum porrexisti,

      Rtl. 101, 42.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. drench.]
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v. geond-, under-drencan; scip-drencende.
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