1 druncnian
p. ode; pp. od. I. to be or become drunk; inebriāri :-- Iohannes se Fulluhtere ne dranc náðor ne wín, ne beór, ne ealu, ne nán ðære wǽtan ðe menn of druncniaþ John the Baptist drank neither wine, nor beer, nor ale, nor of the liquor from which men become drunk, Homl. Th. ii. 38, 7. Ðonne ða gebeóras druncniaþ when the guests are drunk, ii. 70, 27. II. to sink, drown; mergi :-- Mid [MS. mið] ðý he ongann druncnian [MS. druncnia] cum cæpisset mergi, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 30. DER. on-druncnian. druncnian