Participles
| Present | sūcende |
| Past | (ġe)socen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sūce |
| 2nd sing. | sȳcst |
| 3rd sing. | sȳcþ |
| 1st plur. | sūcaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sūcaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sūcaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sēac |
| 2nd sing. | suce |
| 3rd sing. | sēac |
| 1st plur. | sucon |
| 2nd plur. | sucon |
| 3rd plur. | sucon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sūce |
| 2nd sing. | sūce |
| 3rd sing. | sūce |
| 1st plur. | sūcen |
| 2nd plur. | sūcen |
| 3rd plur. | sūcen |
Past
| 1st sing. | suce |
| 2nd sing. | suce |
| 3rd sing. | suce |
| 1st plur. | sucen |
| 2nd plur. | sucen |
| 3rd plur. | sucen |
Verbs conjugated like 'sucan'
sucan,
Verbs similar to 'sucan'
lucan,
sacan,
secan,
sican,
sœcan,
sugan,
supan,
acan,
asecan,
bacan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *suk-. Akin to sūgan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*sūkaną'.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"
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Þā ongunnon ealla þā nædran tō ċēowenne heora flǣsċ and heora blōd sūcan þæt hīe þæt ātor ūt ātugen. (Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood to draw the poison out.)
Cognates
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