gecringan

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ cringan (“to die in battle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈkrin.ɡɑn/, [jeˈkriŋ.ɡɑn]

Verb

ġecringan

1. to sink, perish , fall, die
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
     drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

     The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
     deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġecringan (strong class 3)

infinitive	ġecringan	ġecringenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġecringe	ġecrang
second person singular	ġecringst	ġecrunge
third person singular	ġecringþ	ġecrang
plural	ġecringaþ	ġecrungon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġecringe	ġecrunge
plural	ġecringen	ġecrungen
imperative
singular	ġecring
plural	ġecringaþ
participle	present	past
	ġecringende	ġecrungen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ġecringan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.