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Old English · verb

snican

Normalised snīcan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ˈsniː.kɑn/
Syllables
ˈsniː · kɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
sneaksnitchcrawl

Meaning

  1. to crawl

  2. to creep

Conjugation

Conjugation of snican
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular snīcesnāc
2nd singular snīcstsnice
3rd singular snīcþsnāc
Plural snīcaþsnicon
Subjunctive
Singular snīcesnice
Plural snīcensnicen
Non-finite forms of snican
Form
Infinitive snīcan
Inflected infinitive snīcenne
Imperative singular snīc
Imperative plural snīcaþ
Present participle snīcende
Past participle snicenġesnicen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snīkan, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyg- (“to crawl”).

Descendants

sneak, snitch

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