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ge-bícnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-bícnian, -býcnian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, bícnian to beckon, nod] .
to beckon, nod; innuĕre
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  • Ic gebícnige [gebýcnige MS. D.]

    innuo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 48
    • .
to point out, shew, indicate, betoken; indĭcāre, signĭfĭcāre, portendĕre
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  • Ic gebícnige [gebýcnige MS. D.],

    • Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 40
    • .
  • gebícniaþ sum þing niwes

    they betoken something new.

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 16, 23
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 272, 7
    • .
  • Pirrus gebícnede eft hú him se sige gelícode

    Pyrrhus afterwards shewed how the victory pleased him,

    • Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 35
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  • Gebýcna hit eal me

    tell it all to me,

    • St. A. 44, 12
    • .
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