ge-drēosan, st. v., _to fall down, to sink_: pres. sg. III.
līc-homa lǣne
gedrēoseð, _the body,
belonging
to death, sinks down_, 1755; inf.
þæt þū ne
ālǣte dōm gedrēosan, _honor fall, sink_, 2667.
drincan, st. v., _to drink_ (with and without the acc.): pres. part. nom.
pl. ealo drincende, 1946; pret. blōd ēdrum dranc, _drank the blood in
streams_(?), 743; pret. pl. druncon wīn weras, _the men drank wine_, 1234;
þǣr guman druncon, _where the men drank_, 1649. The pret. part.
