Nere a line of his but was able to make a man dronkenwith admiration.
I havedronken there of 3 or 4 sithes; and zit, me thinkethe, I fare the better.
In that cytee Lothe dwelte, a lytylle while; and there was he made dronken of his doughtres, and lay with hem, and engendred of hem Moab and Amon.
Thai eten̄ and dronken right I-nowe And made myrtħ ever amonge.
If so, the Flower and the Leaf is the better finished, and probably the later of the two.
Be meek, wher thou must nedis bowe; To stryve ageyn is nought thy prowe.
They slepen hoolsum slepes upon the gras, and dronken of the renninge wateres [cf.
He describes the Fleming as saying-- 'I am a Fleming, what for all that, Although I wyll be dronken other whyles as a rat?
Then seke another house, This is not worth a louse; As dronken as a mouse.
And whan that he wel dronken had the win, Than wold he speken no word but Latin.
But not, as we are told in a later verse, till 'that dronken was all in the crouke,' by which time all of the party had had too much.
As for the force of salt, it is well knowne by the effect, for the more the drinker tipleth, the more he may, and so dooth he carrie off a drie dronken noll to bed with him, except his lucke be the better.
When thedronken harlot had giuen her sentence, there were other present, who being likewise dronken, confirmed hir wordes.
Thanne woot the dronken daffe Wherfore he is to blame.
For lat a dronken daffe In a dyk falle, 7410 Lat hym ligge, loke noght on hym, Til hym liste aryse.
O Ianuarie, dronken in plesaunce Of mariage, see how thy Damian, Thyn owene squyer and thy borne man, 1790 Entendeth for to do thee vileinye.
The Reve answerde and seyde, 'stint thy clappe, Lat be thy lewed dronken harlotrye.
Hir over lippe wyped she so clene, That in hir coppe was no ferthing sene Of grece, whan she dronken hadde hir draughte.
Se how he ganeth, lo, this dronken wight, 35 As though he wolde us swolwe anon-right.
And whan that dronken al was in the crouke, To bedde went the doghter right anon; To bedde gooth Aleyn and also Iohn; 4160 Ther nas na more, hem nedede no dwale.
Now I am loosed · bothe foot and honde; 420 Had I now eten · and dronken aright, Ther is noon in this hous · schulde binde me this night.
This dronken Miller spak ful sone ageyn, 3150 And seyde, 'leve brother Osewold, Who hath no wyf, he is no cokewold.
God woot, a man may sleen him-self with his owene knyf, and make him-selven dronken of his owene tonne.
Thou comest hoom as dronken as a mous, And prechest on thy bench, with yvel preef!
I trowe that ye dronken han wyn ape, And that is whan men pleyen with a straw.
And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn, Than wolde he speke no word but Latyn.
Though she were stronger at the first, as ich thinke ye did find her, Yet there ye drest the dronken sow, what time ye cam behind her.
O where hast thou be so longe commensal, that hast so 25 mikel eeten of the potages of foryetfulnesse, and dronken so of ignorance, that the olde souking[es] whiche thou haddest of me arn amaystred and lorn fro al maner of knowing?
Hire over lippe wiped she so clene, That in hire cuppe was no ferthing sene, Of grese, whan she dronken hadde hire draught.
They slepen hoolsom slepes up-on the gras, anddronken of the renninge wateres; and layen under the shadwes of the heye pyn-trees.
I have dronken there of 3 of 4 sithes; and zit, methinkethe, I fare the better.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dronken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
