For-drencan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-drencan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-drencan

p. -drencte; pp. -drenced, -drenct To make drunk, inebriate, intoxicate; madefăcĕre, inebriāre :-- Uton fordrencan úrne fæder mid wíne let us make our father drunk with wine, Gen. 19, 32, 33. Nis ðæs mannes fæsten náht, ðe hine sylfne on forhæfednysse dagum fordrencþ the man's fasting is naught who inebriates himself on days of abstinence, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 24. Ðás men sindon mid muste fordrencte these men are drunken with new wine, i. 314, 22, 23. for-drencan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛞᚱᛖᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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