bisenken

Old Dutch

Etymology

Compound of bi- (“prefix making verbs transitive”) +‎ *senken (“to make sink”), the latter being closely related to *sincan (“to sink”).

Noun

bisenken

  1. to overflow, to make sink
    • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:
      Gestekit bin ic an lēmo diupi, in ne ist gewesannussi, ic quām an diopi sēwes, inde gewidere besenkida mī
      I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. (KJV)

Inflection

Conjugation of bisenken (weak class 1)
infinitive bisenken
indicative present past
1st person singular bisenco, bisencon bisenkida
2nd person singular bisenkis bisenkidos
3rd person singular bisenkit bisenkida
1st person plural bisencun bisenkidon
2nd person plural bisenkit bisenkidot
3rd person plural bisencunt bisenkidon
subjunctive present past
1st person singular bisenke bisenkidi
2nd person singular bisenkis bisenkidis
3rd person singular bisenke bisenkidi
1st person plural bisenkin bisenkidin
2nd person plural bisenkit bisenkidit
3rd person plural bisenkin bisenkidin
imperative present
singular bisenki
plural bisenkit
participle present past
bisenkendi bisenkit

Further reading

“bisenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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