From Proto-Germanic *hinkaną. Cognate with Old High German hinchan, hinkan, German hinken; Old Dutch *hinkan, Dutch hinken; Old Norse hinka, Icelandic hinka. Attested in the agent noun hellehinca (“hell-hobbler”), and in single use as hincodon (they limped), however there is debate over the manuscript text which, according to Lindelöf, may read luncodon, and should therefore read *luncian, cognate with Swedish lunka, Norwegian lunke and Scots lunk in Shetland dialects. Related to Old English huncettan (“to cause to limp, halt”), from a related noun + *hunc + -ettan.
hincian
| infinitive | hincian | hincienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | hinciġe | hincode |
| second person singular | hincast | hincodest |
| third person singular | hincaþ | hincode |
| plural | hinciaþ | hincodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | hinciġe | hincode |
| plural | hinciġen | hincoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | hinca | |
| plural | hinciaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| hinciende | (ġe)hincod | |