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Old English Dictionary Entry

Drinca

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1 drinca

m: drince, an; f. [drinc drink] Drink; potus :-- Eáðe we mágon geseón hwǽr se drinca is we can easily see where the drink is, Ors. 5, 8; Bos. 107, 30. He wolde beran drincan his gebróðrum he would bear drink to his brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 5. He bæd hint drincan and heó him blíðelíce sealde he asked for drink and she gave it him gladly, Jud: 4, 19: Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 24. He bæd God ðæt he him asende drincan he prayed God to send him drink, Jud. 15, 18. Drince mylsce drincan sió gebét ða biternesse let him drink a mulled drink which will amend the bitterness, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 108, 2. DER. áttor-drinca, on-. drinca
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᛁᚾᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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