snican

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snīkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyg- (“to crawl”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsniːkɑn/

Verb

snīcan

  1. to crawl
  2. to creep

Inflection
Conjugation of snīcan (strong class 1)
infinitive snīcan tō snīcenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular snīce snāc
2nd-person singular snīcest snice
3rd-person singular snīceþ snāc
plural snīcaþ snicon
subjunctive present past
singular snīce snice
plural snīcen snicen
imperative
singular snīc
plural snīcaþ
participle present past
snīcende (ġe)snicen

Descendants
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