adrencan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to drown someone
Etymology
Prefix from Old English drenċan (drench, give to drink, give drink to, soak, make drunk, sink, plunge, saturate, submerge, ply with drink, drown).
Origin
Old English
drenċan
Gloss
drench, give to drink, give drink to, soak, make drunk, sink, plunge, saturate, submerge, ply with drink, drown
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ertränken German
- tränken German
- *drankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *drenclian Old English
- drenċan Old English
- fordrencan Old English
- geonddrencan Old English
- drenchen Middle English