"drinca" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdrin.kɑ/, [ˈdriŋ.kɑ]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *drinkō, equivalent to drincan + -a. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*drinkō}} Proto-West Germanic *drinkō, {{suf|ang|drincan|-a}} drincan + -a Head templates: {{head|ang|reconstructed nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=*drinca|head2=|sort=}} *drinca m, {{ang-noun|m|head=*drinca}} *drinca m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|drinc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|drinca|drincan|drincan|drincan|drincan|drincena|drincan|drincum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], drinca [nominative, singular], drincan [nominative, plural], drincan [accusative, singular], drincan [accusative, plural], drincan [genitive, singular], drincena [genitive, plural], drincan [dative, singular], drincum [dative, plural]
  1. one who drinks, drinker Tags: masculine, reconstruction Derived forms: ġedrinca

Noun

IPA: /ˈdrin.kɑ/, [ˈdriŋ.kɑ]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *drinkā, from Proto-Germanic *drinkǭ (“a drink, drinking”). Cognate with Old Norse drekka (“a drink, drinking session”). Etymology templates: {{der|ang|gmw-pro|*drinkā}} Proto-West Germanic *drinkā, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*drinkǭ|t=a drink, drinking}} Proto-Germanic *drinkǭ (“a drink, drinking”), {{cog|non|drekka|t=a drink, drinking session}} Old Norse drekka (“a drink, drinking session”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} drinca m, {{ang-noun|m}} drinca m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|drinc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|drinca|drincan|drincan|drincan|drincan|drincena|drincan|drincum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], drinca [nominative, singular], drincan [nominative, plural], drincan [accusative, singular], drincan [accusative, plural], drincan [genitive, singular], drincena [genitive, plural], drincan [dative, singular], drincum [dative, plural], drince [alternative]
  1. a drink Tags: masculine Derived forms: āttordrinca, ondrinca Related terms: drincan, drynċ, ġedrinc
    Sense id: en-drinca-ang-noun-NPC49Egq Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a drink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdrin.kɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdriŋ.kɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drinca"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (8b3c49c and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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