drosna

Old English

Alternative forms

• drōsne

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“sediment, yeast”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdroːs.nɑ/, [ˈdroːz.nɑ]

Noun

drōsna f

1. dirt
2. dregs, grounds, sediment, lees
3. earwax

Descendants

• English: dross

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “DROSNA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.