Drypan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - drypan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- drypan
- p. de, te; pp. ed To drop, moisten; stillāre, humectāre :-- Nime ánne eles dropan, and drype on án mycel fýr take a drop of oil, and drop it on a large fire, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 88, 11: L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 5, 7, 24, 28, 30. Heó drypte in ða eágan she dropped it on the eyes, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2. Míne handa drypton myrran my hands dropped myrrh, Homl. Th. i. 118, 4. He bæd ðæt Lazarus móste his tungan drypan he prayed that Lazarus might moisten his tongue, i. 330, 29. DER. ge-drypan.