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Wright's OE grammar
§112; §538;
Add: p. hygde, hygede (v. for-hycgan).
to think, have such and such thoughts
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  • Þá þe mid heortan hycgeað rihte

    qui recto sunt corde,

      Ps. Th. 72, 1.

  • On fyrenfulra geðancas, þá wiðer-wearde mé wráðe hycgeað

    cogitaverunt adversum me, 139, 8. I a. where the subject matter of thought is given as object :-- Þá inwit and fácen hycgeað on heortan qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde. Ps. Th. 139, 2. I b. where a pronoun representing the thought is object :-- Ne meahte monna ǽnig bedeáglian hwæt hé dearninga on hyge hogde heortan geþoncum, Gú. 1227. I c. to conceive, under-stand :-- Hicgan, understandan collegi, i. inielligi (colligi

    datur quod virginitas sit);
      An. Ox. 1391.
to think of, about
with gen.
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  • Hycgad his ealle, hú gé hí beswícen,

      Gen. 432.
with prep.
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  • Míne þearfan symle hycgað ymb heora Drihten,

      Wlfst. 260, 13.
expressing purpose, endeavour.
with acc.
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  • Hycgan moliri (quicquid

    moliri

    deliberaret),
      An. Ox. 4710.
with infin.
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  • Sé þe framian higþ

    qui proficere studet,

      Scint. 100, 14.

  • Hí higdon

    nite-bantur, i. moliebantur (flectere ),

      An. Ox. 2, 198.
  • Higde, 3375.

  • Fylian fótswaþu . . . mid mycelre hygdan geblissunge

    sequi uertigia . . . cum magna studuerint hilaritate,

      Angl. xiii. 367, 28.
with clause
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  • Uton hycgan þæt wé Hǽlende héran georne,

      Sat. 594.
with prep.
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  • Ne hycge hé tó slǽpe

    let him not think of sleep (i. e. don't let him have any intention of going to sleep ),

      Ps. Th. 120, 3.
to call to mind, remember
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  • Uton wé hycgan hwǽr wé hám ágen, and þonne geþencan hú wé þider cumen ,

      Seef. 117.
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v. twi-hycgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hycgan.” 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/53651.

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