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scyndan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scyndan, scendan; p. de.
intrans.
To hurry, hasten
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  • Swá ðeós woruld fareþ, scúrum scyndeþ,

      Exon. Th. 469, 24; Hy. 11, 7.
  • Brimwudu scynde,

      182, 5; Gú. 1305.
  • Scynde Gregorius in Godes wære,

      Menol. Fox 77; Men. 38.
  • Scynde beaduþreáta mǽst tó hilde,

      Elen. Kmbl. 60; El. 30.
  • Fǽge scyndan (

    of death by violence

    ),
      Exon. Th. 271, 29; Jul. 489.
  • Hí ǽghwonon tó him éfston and scyndon,

      Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 10: Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 8.
  • Ðá ongunnan monige éfstan and scyndan tó gehýranne Godes word

    coepere plures ad audiendum verbum confluere,

      1, 26; S. 488, 11: Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 25.
  • Hé gewát scríðan, tó gesceape scyndan,

      Beo. Th. 5133; B. 2570.
  • Manna freóndscipe biþ swíðe hwílwendlíc and swíðe scendende (cf. gnornscendende),

      Blickl. Homl. 195, 26.
trans.
To cause to hasten, to hurry
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  • Ðá wæs morgenleóht scofen and scynded,

      Beo. Th. 1840; B. 918.
to urge, incite, exhort
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  • Se feónd his (

    Judas

    ) heortan tó ðan lǽrde and scynde, ðæt hé Drihten tó deáðe belǽwde,
      Homl. As. 153, 55.
  • Hú mon monige scyndan scyle (

    de exhortatione multis exhibenda

    ) tó ðæm ðætte his gódan dǽda ne weorðen tó yflum dǽdum,
      Past. 60; Swt. 453, 6.
Etymology
[O. Sax. far-skundian to incite, egg on: O. H. Ger. scuntan sollicitare, suggerere, urgere: Icel. skynda to hasten: Dan. skynde.]
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v. á-, ge-scyndan.
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