hincian

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hinkaną. Cognate with Old High German hinchan, hinkan, German hinken; Old Dutch *hinkan, Dutch hinken; Old Norse hinka, Icelandic hinka. Attested in the agent noun hellehinca (“hell-hobbler”), and in single use as hincodon (they limped), however there is debate over the manuscript text which, according to Lindelöf, may read luncodon, and should therefore read *luncian, cognate with Swedish lunka, Norwegian lunke and Scots lunk in Shetland dialects. Related to Old English huncettan (“to cause to limp, halt”), from a related noun + *hunc +‎ -ettan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxin.ki.ɑn/, [ˈhiŋ.ki.ɑn] === Verb === hincian to limp, hobble ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hellehinca (“hell-hobbler, Satan”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: *hinken, *hinchen Scots: hink (or possibly from Old Norse)