fordrencan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to get someone drunk; to make inebriated
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
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *drankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *drenclian Old English
- adrencan Old English
- drenċan Old English
- geonddrencan Old English
- drenchen Middle English