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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

  1. 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

Conjugation of sucan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sūcesēac
2nd singular sȳcstsuce
3rd singular sȳcþsēac
Plural sūcaþsucon
Subjunctive
Singular sūcesuce
Plural sūcensucen
Non-finite forms of sucan
Form
Infinitive sūcan
Inflected infinitive sūcenne
Imperative singular sūc
Imperative plural sūcaþ
Present participle sūcende
Past participle socenġesocen

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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