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Etymology edit

From Old English screncan, causitive of scrincan. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb edit

shrenchen (third-person singular simple present {{{stem}}}eth, present participle {{{stem}}}ende, {{{stem}}}ynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle {{{stem}}}ed)

  1. (transitive) To cause to shrink.