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† drouken, v. Obs. rare.
[Etymol. uncertain: perh. a. ON. drukna to be drowned, taken fig.]
? To be sunk in slumber or a swoon. Hence droukening, drouknyng, deep slumber, swoon.
a1300Body & Soul 1 (MS. Laud) Als I lay in a winteris ny[h]t in a droukening [Roy. MS. drouknynge, Vernon MS. droupnynge] bifor the day. a1400Leg. Rood 141 Alle þei seiden þei weore sori, Fordolled in a drouknyng dred. |