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sencan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sencan, p. te; pp. ed.
Wright's OE grammar
§531; §643;
to sink (trans.),
plunge, immerse
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  • Wæs his gewuna ðæt hé hine on ðam streáme sencte

    solebat in flumine supermeantibus undis immergi,

      Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 631, 22.
to submerge, flood with water
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  • Abraham wolde his sunu cwellan folmum sínum fýre(?)sencan mǽges dreóre [

    flood the pile with his son's blood

    ),
      Cd. Th. 176, 4 ; Gen. 2906.

  • Ne biþ flód tó sencende (tó stencende (?)

    dissipans

    ) ða eorþan.
      Gen. 9, 11.
Etymology
[Forte reauin hire bodi and i þea sea senchen, Jul. 79, 1. Goth. saggkwjan : O. Sax. be-senkian ; O. H. Ger. sencan mergere: Icel. sökkva.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-sencan.
Linked entries
v.  be-sæncan.
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