sucan
English
Noun
sucan (uncountable)
- A Welsh food, a kind of thin flummery.
Anagrams
- Ancus, Cunas
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *suk-. Akin to sūgan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːkɑn/
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.
- Þā ongunnon ealla þā nædran tō ċēowenne heora flǣsċ and heora blōd sūcan þæt hīe þæt ātor ūt ātugon.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"
Conjugation
Conjugation of sūcan (strong class 2)
| infinitive | sūcan | tō sūcenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | sūce | sēac |
| 2nd-person singular | sȳcest | suce |
| 3rd-person singular | sȳceþ | sēac |
| plural | sūcaþ | sucon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | sūce | suce |
| plural | sūcen | sucen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | sūc | |
| plural | sūcaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| sūcende | (ġe)socen | |
Descendants
- Middle English: souken, suken
- English: suck