besincan

Old English

Etymology

From be- + sincan. Cognate with Old Saxon bisinkan.

Verb

besincan

  1. To sink, submerge.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle English: besinken

References

  • besincan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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