Drúsan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Drúsan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: drúsian; Related words: intrans. To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to

Definitions

1 drúsan

part. drúsende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; DROWSE; cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse :-- Cén drúsende the sinking flame, Elen. Kmbl. 2514; El. 1258. Lagu drúsade, wǽldreóre fág the stream became slower, stained with deadly gore, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630. He drúsende deáþ ne bisorgaþ he cares not for death when he becomes inactive [by age], Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 31; Ph. 368: 52 b; Th. 184, 33; Gú. 1353.

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ᛞᚱᚢᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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