scrimman

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skrimman, from Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃrim.mɑn/

Verb

sċrimman

1. to shrink, draw up, contract

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċrimman (strong, class III)

infinitive	sċrimman	sċrimmenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sċrimme	sċramm
second person singular	sċrimst	sċrumme
third person singular	sċrimþ	sċramm
plural	sċrimmaþ	sċrummon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sċrimme	sċrumme
plural	sċrimmen	sċrummen
imperative
singular	sċrimm
plural	sċrimmaþ
participle	present	past
	sċrimmende	(ġe)sċrummen

Descendants

• Middle English: *schrymmen
  • English: shrim

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sċrimman”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.