† aˈdrink, v. Obs.
Forms as in drink.
[f. a- prefix 1 intensive + drink, OE. drinc-an. Cf. Germ. ertrinken.]
lit. To swallow too much water; hence,
1. To be drowned.
| c 880 K. ælfred Bæda iii. xxiv. 221 Mycele má moncynnes adranc on ðam wætere. 1205 Layamon 2490 In ane deope watere · þer heo adronken. c 1230 Ancren Riwle 58 Heo unwreih þene put {thbar} hit adronc inne. a 1300 K. Horn 971 Þe knaue þer gan adrinke. |
So to be adrunken.
| 1205 Layamon 2497 Þat ilke water · þer Abren was adrunken [l.t. adronke.] 1297 R. Glouc. 430 In þe se adronke he was. |