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Old English · verb

cinan

Normalised ċīnan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class I
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiː.nɑn/
Syllables: ˈt͡ʃiː · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: chinks chine burst split gape yawn

Meaning

to burst; split into pieces; break into chinks
to gape; yawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of cinan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ċīne	cān
2nd singular	ċīnst	ċine
3rd singular	ċīnþ	cān
Plural	ċīnaþ	ċinon
Subjunctive
Singular	ċīne	ċine
Plural	ċīnen	ċinen

Non-finite forms of cinan
	Form
Infinitive	ċīnan
Inflected infinitive	ċīnenne
Imperative singular	ċīn
Imperative plural	ċīnaþ
Present participle	ċīnende
Past participle	ċinen ġeċinen

All forms (14)

ċīne
cān
ċīnst
ċine
ċīnþ
ċīnaþ
ċinon
ċīnen
ċinen
ċīnan
ċīnenne
ċīn
ċīnende
ġeċinen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kīnan, from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to split; crack; germinate; sprout”).

Descendants

chine

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