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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sċrincan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Forms in /sk/ are influenced by Old Norse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃrinkən/, /ˈskrinkən/
Verb
schrynken (third-person singular simple present schrynketh, present participle schrynkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative schrank, past participle schronken)
- To shrivel up or wrinkle; to contract.
- To pull together; to retract.
- To flinch or cringe; to draw back.
- (Late Middle English, rare, of money) To decrease.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) schrynken, schrynke
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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schrynke
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schrank
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| 2nd-person singular
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schrynkest
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schronke, schranke, schrank
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| 3rd-person singular
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schrynketh
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schrank
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| subjunctive singular
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schrynke
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schronke1, schranke1
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| imperative singular
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| plural2
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schrynken, schrynke
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schronken, schronke, schranken, schranke
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| imperative plural
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schrynketh, schrynke
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| participles
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schrynkynge, schrynkende
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schronken, schronke, yschronken, yschronke
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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