𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌾𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną (“to cause to sink”). Cognate to Old English senċan and Old Norse søkkva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsankʷ.jan/,

𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (saggqjan)

1. (hapax) to plunge (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: First Epistle to Timothy (Codex Ambrosianus B) 6.9:^[1]

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐍄𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌾𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄.

     aþþan þaiei wileina gabigai wairþan atdriusand in fraistubnja jah hlamma unhulþins jah lustuns managans unnutjans jah skaþulans, þaiei saggqjand mans in frawardein jah fralust.

     But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. (KJV).

This lemma is only attested with the radical consonant cluster 𐌲𐌲𐌵 for the more usual 𐌲𐌵 (which appears i.a. in the hencefrom derived 𐌿𐍆𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌵𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufsagqjan)); these clusters are pronounced identically.

• 𐌿𐍆𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌵𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufsagqjan, “to swallow up”)

• 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰 (saggqa, “west”)
• 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan, “to sink”)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 113