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Old English · verb

sincan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈsin.kɑn/
[ˈsiŋ.kɑn]
Syllables
ˈsin · kɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
sink

Meaning

  1. to sink

    Æfter þisum ġebede, bærst ūt of heofonum swȳþe fǣrlīċ fȳr and forbernde þæt templ, and ealle þā godas grundlunga suncon intō þǣre eorþan, and ne ætēowdon siþþan.

    After this prayer, a very sudden fire burst out of the heavens and burned up the temple, and all the gods sunk completely into the earth, and have not appeared since.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

Conjugation

Conjugation of sincan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sincesanc
2nd singular sincstsunce
3rd singular sincþsanc
Plural sincaþsuncon
Subjunctive
Singular sincesunce
Plural sincensuncen
Non-finite forms of sincan
Form
Infinitive sincan
Inflected infinitive sincenne
Imperative singular sinc
Imperative plural sincaþ
Present participle sincende
Past participle suncenġesuncen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, akin to Old Frisian sinka (West Frisian sinke), Old Saxon sinkan, Old High German sinkan (German sinken), Old Norse søkkva (Danish synke, Swedish sjunka, Icelandic sökkva, Faroese søkka), Gothic (sigqan).

Descendants

sink

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