fordrencan

Old English

FWOTD – 8 November 2019

Etymology

for- +‎ drenċan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈdren.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

fordrenċan

1. to get someone drunk
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 19:31-32

     Þā cwæþ sēo ieldre dohtor tō hire ġingran sweostor, "Ūre fæder is eald mann, and nān ōðer wer ne belāf on ealre eorðan þe unc mæġe habban. Uton fordrenċan ūrne fæder fǣrlīċe mid wīne and uton liċġan mid him, þæt sumu lāf bēo his cynnes."

     Then the older daughter said to her younger sister, "Our father is an old man, and there's no other men left in the world who can have us. Let's get him drunk on wine and sleep with him, so his family line can survive."

Conjugation

Conjugation of fordrenċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	fordrenċan	fordrenċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	fordrenċe	fordrencte
second person singular	fordrenċest, fordrencst	fordrenctest
third person singular	fordrenċeþ, fordrencþ	fordrencte
plural	fordrenċaþ	fordrencton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	fordrenċe	fordrencte
plural	fordrenċen	fordrencten
imperative
singular	fordrenċ
plural	fordrenċaþ
participle	present	past
	fordrenċende	fordrenċed

Descendants

• Middle English: fordrenchen
  • English: fordrench