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Old English · verb

hincian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈxin.ki.ɑn/
[ˈhiŋ.ki.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈxin · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
hobblelimp

Meaning

  1. to limp, hobble

Conjugation

Conjugation of hincian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hinciġehincode
2nd singular hincasthincodest
3rd singular hincaþhincode
Plural hinciaþhincodon
Subjunctive
Singular hinciġehincode
Plural hinciġenhincoden
Non-finite forms of hincian
Form
Infinitive hincian
Inflected infinitive hincienne
Imperative singular hinca
Imperative plural hinciaþ
Present participle hinciende
Past participle hincodġehincod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hinkaną. Cognate with Old High German hinchan, hinkan, German hinken; Old Dutch *hinkan, Dutch hinken; Old Norse hinka, Icelandic hinka. Attested in the agent noun hellehinca (“hell-hobbler”), and in single use as hincodon (they limped), however there is debate over the manuscript text which, according to Lindelöf, may read luncodon, and should therefore read *luncian, cognate with Swedish lunka, Norwegian lunke and Scots lunk in Shetland dialects. Related to Old English huncettan (“to cause to limp, halt”), from a related noun + *hunc + -ettan.

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