sucan
English
Noun
sucan (uncountable)
- A Welsh food, a kind of thin flummery.
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *suk-. Akin to sūgan.
Pronunciation
Verb
sūcan
- to suck
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"
- Þā ongunnon ealla þā nædran tō ċēowenne heora flǣsċ and heora blōd sūcan þæt hīe þæt ātor ūt ātugon.
- 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 sūcan (strong class 2)
infinitive | sūcan | sūcenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | sūce | sēac |
second person singular | sȳcst | suce |
third person singular | sȳcþ | sēac |
plural | sūcaþ | sucon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | sūce | suce |
plural | sūcen | sucen |
imperative | ||
singular | sūc | |
plural | sūcaþ | |
participle | present | past |
sūcende | (ġe)socen |
Descendants
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