Participles
| Present | sincende |
| Past | (ġe)suncen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | since |
| 2nd sing. | sincst |
| 3rd sing. | sincþ |
| 1st plur. | sincaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sincaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sincaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sanc |
| 2nd sing. | sunce |
| 3rd sing. | sanc |
| 1st plur. | suncon |
| 2nd plur. | suncon |
| 3rd plur. | suncon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | since |
| 2nd sing. | since |
| 3rd sing. | since |
| 1st plur. | sincen |
| 2nd plur. | sincen |
| 3rd plur. | sincen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sunce |
| 2nd sing. | sunce |
| 3rd sing. | sunce |
| 1st plur. | suncen |
| 2nd plur. | suncen |
| 3rd plur. | suncen |
Imperative
| Singular | sinc |
| Plural | sincaþ |
Verbs similar to 'sincan'
sencan,
sican,
singan,
sinnan,
slincan,
stincan,
swincan,
þincan,
besincan,
bindan,
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 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan). See: Old Saxon '
sinkan', Old High German 'sinkan', German, old spelling '
sinken', Old Norse '
søkkva', Danish '
synke', Swedish '
sjunka', Icelandic '
sökkva', Faroese '
søkka'.
Verbs referencing "sincan"
English
sink, Old Norse
søkkva, Middle English
synken, Old High German sinkan, Old Saxon
sinkan.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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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.)
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Mīn sċip nǣfre ne sincþ on sǣ. (My ship will never sink into the sea.)
Cognates
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