Middle English word fordrenchen comes from Old English for-, Old English drencan (To drench. To make somebody drink.), Old English drenċan

Detailed word origin of fordrenchen

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
for-	Old English (ang)	Forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially ‘wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction’. Used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully. Compare Modern English use of up. Very.
drencan	Old English (ang)	To drench. To make somebody drink.
drenċan	Old English (ang)
fordrenċan	Old English (ang)
fordrencan	Old English (ang)	To make drunk, intoxicate, inebriate.
fordrenchen	Middle English (enm)

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