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á-drencan

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where the subject is a person
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  • Hí man on sǽ ádrencte,

      Hml. S. 28, 127.
  • Brettas hié bedrifon út on áne eá and monige ádrencton,

      Chr. 890; P. 82, 14.
  • Hí ádrengton má ðonne ǽnig man wiste tó tellanne,

      1087; P. 224, 19.
  • Hí hig sylfe ádrencton,

      Jud. p. 162, 27.
where the subject is the water
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  • Án sǽflód ðá men ádrencte,

      Ors. 2, 7; S. 90, 21.
  • Sǽflód ádrencte feala túna,

      Chr. 1014; P. 145, 29.
  • Ðǽre sǽ wæteru hig ádrencton,

      Deut. 11, 4.
  • Hé lét flód ádrencan eal,

      Wlfst. 10, 8.
subject uncertain
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  • Ðǽr wæs ðæs folces mycel ádrenct,

      Chr. 1066; P. 196, 35.
  • Ádrenced,

      Exod. 458.
  • Ádreintum

    suffocato,

      An. Ox. 832.
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