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Old English · verb

scrican

Normalised sċrīċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈʃriː.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables
ˈʃriː · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
shritchshriekcry outscream

Meaning

  1. to scream; shriek

  2. to cry out

Conjugation

Conjugation of scrican
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sċrīċesċrīcte
2nd singular sċrīċestsċrīcstsċrīctest
3rd singular sċrīċeþsċrīcþsċrīcte
Plural sċrīċaþsċrīcton
Subjunctive
Singular sċrīċesċrīcte
Plural sċrīċensċrīcten
Non-finite forms of scrican
Form
Infinitive sċrīċan
Inflected infinitive sċrīċenne
Imperative singular sċrīċ
Imperative plural sċrīċaþ
Present participle sċrīċende
Past participle sċrīċedġesċrīċed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skrīkijan, from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną (“to scream, shriek”).

Descendants

shritch

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