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DROSNA

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
DROSNA, drosne, nom. acc; gen.drosna ; dat. drosnum; pl. f.
Grounds, sediment, lees, dregs; fæx, fæces
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  • Ðás drosna

    hæc fæx,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9,
    • 70;
    • Som. 14, 14: Wrt. Voc. 83,
    • 22.
  • His drosna [drosne,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 74,
    • 8
    ] nis aídlad

    fæx ejus non est exinānīta,

    • Ps. Lamb. 74,
    • 9.
  • Drosna

    fæces,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 33
    • ;
    • Som. 62,
    • 25;
    • Wrt. Voc. 28,
    • 8.
  • He gelǽdde me of fenne drosna

    eduxit me de luto fæcis,

    • Ps. Spl. 39,
    • 2.
  • Of ðám drosnum

    from the dregs,

    • Ps. Th. 39,
    • 1.
  • Hí druncon óþ ða drosna

    usque ad fæces bibērunt,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 47
    • ;
    • Som. 47,
    • 45.
  • Eles drosna dregs of oil; amurca =

    άμόργη,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 47
    • ;
    • Som. 65,
    • 18;
    • Wrt. Voc. 33,
    • 18.
Etymology
[
Kil. droessem fæx:
Ger. drusen, f. fæx:
M. H. Ger. truosen, f. barm, yeast:
O. H. Ger. truosana, trósana fæx, amurca
.]
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v.  dros.
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  • DROSNA, n.