Old English · noun

sinc

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /sink/
[siŋk]
Syllables: sink (1 syllable)
Modern English: jewels silver treasure gold

Meaning

treasure (i.e. gold, silver, jewels, etc.)

hwǣr iċ feor oþþe nēah · findan meahte þone þe in meoduhealle · mīne wisse

sought hall-sad a giver of treasure, where I far or near could find who in a mead-hall would know my men
sōhte seledrēoriġ · sinces bryttan,

Declension

Declension of sinc
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sinc	sinc
Accusative	sinc	sinc
Genitive	sinces	sinca
Dative	since	sincum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sinku, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwą, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Saxon sink (“treasure”). Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *sankwą (“sinking, immersion”), whence Old Norse søkk (“gold, treasure”).

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