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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-drencan

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1 ge-drencan

p. -drencte; pp. drenced To drench, drown; submergere, demergere :-- Se wǽg gedrencte [-drecte MS.] dugoþ Egypta the wave drowned the army of the Egyptians, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 16; Exod. 500. Deáþe gedrenced drenched with death, 144; Th. 179, 25; Exod. 34. Ðú [bist] to helle gedrencged te ad infernum demergeris, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 15. ge-drencan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᚱᛖᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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