Participles
| Present | besincende |
| Past | besuncen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | besince |
| 2nd sing. | besincst |
| 3rd sing. | besincþ |
| 1st plur. | besincaþ |
| 2nd plur. | besincaþ |
| 3rd plur. | besincaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | besanc |
| 2nd sing. | besunce |
| 3rd sing. | besanc |
| 1st plur. | besuncon |
| 2nd plur. | besuncon |
| 3rd plur. | besuncon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | besince |
| 2nd sing. | besince |
| 3rd sing. | besince |
| 1st plur. | besincen |
| 2nd plur. | besincen |
| 3rd plur. | besincen |
Past
| 1st sing. | besunce |
| 2nd sing. | besunce |
| 3rd sing. | besunce |
| 1st plur. | besuncen |
| 2nd plur. | besuncen |
| 3rd plur. | besuncen |
Imperative
| Singular | besinc |
| Plural | besincaþ |
Verbs similar to 'besincan'
besingan,
beswincan,
gesincan,
bebindan,
bedrincan,
befindan,
beginnan,
berindan,
bescinan,
besendan,
Etymology
From be- + sincan. Cognate with Old Saxon bisinkan.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs III hunde wintra ⁊ LXXVI, wæs in Achie eorþbeofung, ⁊ twā byriġ, Ebora ⁊ Elice, on eorþan besuncon. (Three hundred seventy-six years after the city of Rome was built, there was an earthquake in Achaea and two cities, Ebora and Helice, sunk into the ground.)
Cognates
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