In-drencan

Old English Dictionary Entry

In-drencan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: indrincan. in-drencan

Definitions

1 in-drencan

p. te To soak, saturate, inebriate :-- Hí ðá sylfe betweónum indrencton mid ðám cerenum ðære gódspellícan swétnysse they mutually saturated each other with the wines of evangelic sweetness, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 7. [Cf. Ger. ein-tränken to soak, impregnate.]

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾ-ᛞᚱᛖᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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