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þyncan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §43; §47; §112; §131; §157; §240; §289; §301; §311; §534;
to seem, appear.
Grammar
þyncan, where the subject of the verb is expressed
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  • Ðynceþ him swíðe leoht sió byrðen ðæs láreówdómes

    pondus magisterii levius aestimant,

    • Past. proem.
      • ;
    • Swt. 24, 9.

  • Mé ðeós (ród) heardra þynceþ,

    • Exon. Th. 91, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 1489: 383, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 10: Met. 12, 8.

  • Þincð,

    • Bt. 23
      • ;
    • Fox 78, 25: Met. 12, 18.

  • Þisþinceþ riht micel, ðæt...,

    • Cd. Th. 149, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 2476.

  • Mé ðæt riht ne þinceþ, ðæt...,

    • 19, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 289.

  • Þynceþ,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1218
      • ;
    • An. 609.

  • Hí ne wundriaþ mæniges þinges ðe monnum wonder þynceþ,

    • Met. 28, 82.

  • Ðæs ðe mé þynceþ,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 944
      • ;
    • An. 472: Ps. Th. 101, 3.

  • Him ða twigu þincaþ merge,

    • Met. 13, 44.

  • Hý wyrðe þinceaþ,

    • Beo. Th. 742
      • ;
    • B. 368.

  • Lytel þúhte ic leóda bearnum,

    • Exon. Th. 87, 14
      • ;
    • Cri. 1425.

  • Ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte. Þeáh ðú nú hwam fæger þince, ne biþ hit nó ðý raþor swá,

    • Bt. 32, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 116, 24.

  • He ðúhte him selfum suíðe unlytel

    se parvulum non videbat,

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 113, 12.

  • Hire þúhte hwítre heofon and eorðe,

    • Cd. Th. 38, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 603: 111, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 1850: Beo. Th. 1688
      • ;
    • B. 842: Met. 12, 15.

  • Tó lang hit him þúhte, hwænnne hí tógædere gáras béron,

    • Byrht. Th. 133. 47
      • ;
    • By. 66.

  • Him ðæt wræclíc þúhte,

    • Cd. Th. 233, 4
      • ;
    • Dan. 270.

  • Ðæt wundra sum monnum þúhte, ðæt...,

    • Exon. Th. 133, 13
      • ;
    • Gú. 489: 169, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 1101.

  • Hié ðam were geonge þúhton men,

    • Cd.Th. 146, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 2428.

  • Ealle brimu blódige þúhton,

    • 214, 20
      • ;
    • Exod. 572: Andr. Kmbl. 880
      • ;
    • An. 440: Beo. Th. 1737
      • ;
    • B. 866.

  • Ðý ðe hý him sylfum séllan þúhten,

    • Exon. Th. 455, 24
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 54.

  • Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse welhwam þince unforcúþ,

    • 315, 13
      • ;
    • Mód. 30.

  • Þeáh hit lang þince,

    • Met. 10, 66.

  • Hwæt eów sélest þynce,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1062.

  • Hié wilniaþ ðæt hié ðyncen ða betstan,

    • Past. 18
      • ;
    • Swt. 134, 18.

  • Hwelc wíte sceal ús tó hefig ðyncan?

    • 36
      • ;
    • Swt. 255, 3.

  • Hí woldon mé swíþe bitere þincan,

    • Bt. 22, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 76, 19.

  • Swá hit þincan mæg,

    • L. I. P. 19
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 326, 36.
Grammar
þyncan, where the subject is not expressed, as in methinks
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  • Swá me ðincþ,

    • Bt. 33, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 120, 21: 36, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 176, 30.

  • Swá ðé ðyncþ,

    • 38, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 22.

  • Hú þincþ eów

    quid vobis videtur,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 21, 28.

  • Þincþ him genóg on ðam ðe hí binnan heora ǽgenre hýde habbaþ,

    • Bt. 14, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 44, 22.

  • Dém ðú hí tó deáþe, gif ðé gedafen þince,

    • Exon. Th. 247, 32
      • ;
    • Jul. 87.

  • Ðeáh monnum swá ne þince,

    • Bt. 39, 8
      • ;
    • Fox 224, 17.
Grammar
þyncan, where the verb is followed by a clause :
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  • -- Mé þincþ ðæt hit hæbbe geboht sume leáslíce mǽrþe,

    • Bt. 24, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 82, 24.

  • Ne þynceþ mé gerysne, ðæt wé rondas beren,

    • Beo. Th. 5299
      • ;
    • B. 2653.

  • Hwæt þincþ ðé ðæt ðú sý?,

    • Jn. Skt. 8, 53.

  • Þyncþ him ðæt hé næbbe genóg,

    • Bt. 33, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 124, 4.

  • Him selfum þincþ ðæt hé nǽnne næbbe, swá swá manegum men þincþ ðæt hé nǽnne næbbe,

    • 29, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 104, 8.

  • Wrætlíc mé þinceþ, hú seó wiht mæge wordum lácan,

    • Exon. Th. 414, 11
      • ;
    • Rä. 32, 18.

  • Þinceþ ðé miht ðú libban

    potes vivere?

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 40.

  • Ðúhte heom ðæt hit mihte swá,

    • Cd. Th. 266, 14
      • ;
    • Sat. 22.

  • Ne þúhte gerysne rodora wearde, ðæt Adam leng ána wǽre,

    • 11, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 169.

  • Ðeáh ús þince ðæt it on wóh fare,

    • Bt. 39, 8
      • ;
    • Fox 224, 20.

  • Higesnotrum mæg þincan, ðæt...,

    • Met. 10, 8.
to seem fit
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  • Swá mycel swá ðé þince

    as much as to you seems good,

    • Lchdm. ii. 74, 2.

  • Dó swá ðé þynce, gif ðú frygnen sié,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1078
      • ;
    • El. 541.
Etymology
[
Goth. þug[g]kjan
:
O. Sax. thuukian
:
O. H. Ger. dunchan
:
Icel. þykkja.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-, mis-, of-on-þyncan.
Linked entries
v.  þincan ge-þyncan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þyncan.” 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/32414.

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