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bícnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
bícnan, (-ian).
Wright's OE grammar
§136; §532;
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to make a sign to a person (dat. or prep, tó) with something
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  • Hé bícneð mid ðǽm eágum

    annuit oculis,

    • Past. 357, 20
      • .

  • Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde,

    • Hml. A. 97, 180
      • .

  • þá becnade Sanctus Petrus him,

    • 162, 239
      • .

  • Hí bécnodon eágan (mid eágum, v. l. ),

    • Ps. Spl. 34, 22
      • .

  • Ðæt hé bícne (biécne, v. l. ) mid ðǽm eágum,

    • Past. 359, 3.
to summon by a sign
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  • Hé bícnode gehwanon mid bláwunge him fultum

    he summoned help to himself from all sides by the blowing of trumpets,

    • Hml. S. 25, 635
      • .

  • Hig bícnodon hyra gefér*-*an, ꝥ hí cómun and him fylston

    they signalled their companions to come and help them,

    • Lk. 5, 7.
to shew by a sign, signify, indicate, portend
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  • Iste ys æteowendlic and ðár bið, þár man swá bícnað be him,

    • Eifc. Gr. Z. 93, 9
      • .

  • Saegeð ł bécneð

    indicat,

    • Lk. p. 3, 11
      • .

  • Bécnade ł cýdde

    notans,

    • 7, 11 :

    significans,

    • Jn. L. 12, 33
      • .

  • Swylce man bycnige him, ꝥ him sélre wǽre ꝥ hý wunodon on clǽnnysse

    as if to signify to them, that it were better for them to live in chastity,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 346, 20
      • .

  • Bécnende

    portendentes,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 11.

  • Bécnendo

    significantia,

    • Rtl. 103, 28
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. pouhnen.
]
Similar entries
v. bécnan, býcnian in Dict.
Linked entries
v.  bécnan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bícnan.” 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/40307.

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