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of-þyncan

  • verb [ weak ]
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with dat. of pers. and
gen.
of cause,
nom.
of cause,
cause given by a clause.
to cause regret or
sorrow
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  • Mé ofþincþ

    penetet,

      Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 21.

  • Mé ofþincþ ðæt ic hig worhte

    poenit t me fecisse eos,

      Gen. 6, 7.

  • Hit mé ofþincþ,

      Lk. Skt. 17, 4.
  • Ofþinceþ ðé les ðe ðû tô yfele hæfst geworht? L. Ecg. C. proem. ; Th. ii. 130, 43.

  • Ðá ofþúhte Pharao ðæt hé ðæt folc swá freólíce forlét,

      Homl. Th. ii. 194, 15.
to cause displeasure or offence: — -Ðonne him hira scylda ná ne ofþyncþ si minus contra culpas accenditur, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 2. Hine drehton nihtlíce gedwimer swá ðæt him ðæs slǽpes ofþúhte so that sleep was displeasing to him, Homl. Th. i. 86, 19. Ðá ofþúhte heora ceorlum ðæt mon ða þeówas freóde, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 15. Ðá ofþúhte ðæt ânum ðæs cyninges gefêran, Lchdm. iii. 424, 16. Ðá ðæs ofþúhte, ðæt se þeóden wæs strang, Cd. Th. 279, 32 ; Swt. 247. Ðá sceolde ðám gigantum ofþincan þæt hé hæfde hiera ríce it is said that the giants were displeased at his having their kingdom, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, II. Mæg ðæs ofþyncan þegna gehwam, Beo. Th. 4070 ; B. 2032. Hit wæs swíðe ofþyncende ðâm ôðrum consulum
it gave great offence to the other consuls,
    Ors. 5, 9; Swt. 232, 21.
Mid ðon ðe hé geweóx, him ðá ofþyncendum and ðǽm Perseum ðæt hié on his eámes anwalde wǽron. Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 18. Him ða ofþyncendum ðæt his folc swá forslagen wæs, 2, 5; Swt. 80, 23.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-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/24390.

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