drincan

From Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.

drincan

1. to drink

• fardrincan

• Middle Dutch: drinken
  • Dutch: drinken
    • Afrikaans: drink
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: dronggi
    • Negerhollands: drink, dring, drin
    • → Aukan: dingii
  • Limburgish: drinke

• “drinkan (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrin.kɑn/, [ˈdriŋ.kɑn]

drincan

1. to drink
   • Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiv.

     Wiþ latre meltunge. Olisatrum hātte wyrt sēo dēah tō drincanne.

     For late digestion; a wort hight olusatrum, which is good to drink.

   • Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiii.

     Rǣd bið ġif hē nimð mealan mid hire cīþum, sēoþe on wætere, sele drincan.

     It is advisable if he taketh mallow with its sprouts; let him seethe them in water, give this to be drunk

2. to inhale smoke

• drenċ
• drinc
• drynċ

• Middle English: drinken, drynken
  • English: drink (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: drink
  • Yola: drink

drincan

1. inflection of drinca:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

From Proto-Germanic *drinkaną. Compare Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan).

drincan

1. to drink
   • c390, De conviviis barbaris

     Inter eils Gothicum scapia matzia ia drincan / non audet quisquam dignos educere versus.

     Between the Gothic [cries] “Hail” and “Let’s get [something to] eat and drink” / nobody dares to put forth decent verses.