† drosenn.
Obsolete.
Dregs.
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c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xlvii. 271 Hi druncon oð ða drosna.
11.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 549 Fex, drosne.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ix. 193 Drosenes and dregges drynke for menye beggeres.
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 808 Hec amurca, drowsyn.
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