A-drencan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

a-drencan

p. -drencte; pp. -drenced; 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, which destroyed mankind, Ælfc. T. 5, 24. Heora feóndas flód adrencte, Ps. Th. 105, 10: Ex. 14, 28. a-drencan

Mots connexes: a. To plunge under, to immerse, drown;