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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną.
Verb
synken
- to sink (to embed)
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tales
- Lat oure sorwe synken into þin herte.
- Let our sorrow sink into your heart.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) sinken, sinke
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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sinke
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sank
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| 2nd-person singular
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sinkest
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sunke, sanke, sank
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| 3rd-person singular
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sinketh
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sank
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| subjunctive singular
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sinke
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sunke1, sanke1
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| imperative singular
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—
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| plural2
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sinken, sinke
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sunken, sunke, sanken, sanke
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| imperative plural
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sinketh, sinke
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| participles
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sinkynge, sinkende
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sunken, sunke, ysunken, ysunke
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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