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inca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
inca, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
Doubt, question, cause of complaint, offence, ill-will or fear
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  • Inca

    apporia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 8 :

    occasio,

    • R. Ben. 38, Lye.

  • Ðá ongan hé mé ácsian hwæðere ic wiste hwæðer ic on riht bútan incan gefullad wǽre

    cæpit me interrogare, an me esse baptizatum absque scrupulo nossem,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 45
      • .

  • Ðá frægn hé hwæðer hí ealle smylte mód and bútan eallum incan blíðe tó him hæfdon. Ðá andswaredon hí ealle ðæt hí nǽnigne incan tó him wiston

    then he asked them, whether they all were peaceably and kindly disposed to him without any cause of complaint. Then they all answered that they knew no cause of complaint against him;

    interrogavit, si omnes placidum erga se animum, et sine querela controversiæ ac rancoris haberent. Respondebant omnes, se mentem ad illum ab omni ira remotam habere,
    • 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 598, 39-41
      • .

  • Ðú mé scealt edwítt mín of áwyrpan ðæt mé tó incan áhwǽr gangeþ

    thou shalt cast from me my reproach, which everywhere goes as a cause of fear to me;

    amputa opprobrium meum, quod suspicatus sum,
      Ps. Th. 118, 39.

  • Ðeáh ðe ic nó [MS. on] ingcan wiste hú ic míne heortan heólde mid sóðe

    though I did not know any cause of complaint, as to the manner in which I had kept my heart truly;

    ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum,
    • 72, 11.

  • Ne ic culpan in ðé incan ǽnigne ǽfre onfunde womma geworhtra

    I found not fault in thee, nor cause of complaint for sins committed,

    • Exon. 10 b
      • ;
    • Th. 11, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 178
      • .

  • Incan

    scrupulum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 7
      • .

  • Incan

    causas,

    • 130, 13
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “inca.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20526.

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