Ge-drípan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-drípan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-drípan
Take here ge-drypan (/. -drýpan) in Dict., and add: (1) to cause to fall in drops :-- Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan, Solil. H. 67, 29. Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle þú tæppian wille, and wænd þínne scytefingre ádúne and twængc hine mid þínum twám fingrum, swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle, Techm. ii. 125, 17. (2) to wet with drops, moisten :-- Of gedrýpydre cláþ weocan linteolo ebrio (i. madido). Germ. 391, col. 2, 18. ge-dripan
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