v.
Pe past 3 sg. drounde; Cl past pl, pp. drowned; WA infin. droune, past sg. drouned, past pl. drouned, drowned
‘immersed, drowned’ (Modern English drowned)
PGmc Ancestor
*drunkanō(j)an- or ?*drūn-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
drukna 'to drown'
(ONP drukkna (v.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far drukna, Icel drukna, Norw drukna, runic Dan truknaþu (past 3 pl.), Dan drukne, Sw drunkna
OE Cognate
druncnian ‘to be drunk; sink, drown’, *drūnian
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C2
MED has one citation from a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw. (Cmb Gg.1.1), and then numerous and widespread citations from c. 1400 onwards. The earliest examples of figurative usage come from a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3) and Pe.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Pe 656; Cl 372, 989; Pat 245; WA 2590, 3032, 3072 etc.