Old English · verb
sucan
Normalised sūcan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class II
- IPA
- /ˈsuː.kɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈsuː · kɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- suck
Meaning
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to suck
Þā ongunnon ealla þā nædran tō ċēowenne heora flǣsċ and heora blōd sūcan þæt hīe þæt ātor ūt ātugen.
Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood to draw the poison out.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *suk-. Akin to sūgan.
Descendants
suck
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