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wincian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wincian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
to wink, make a sign
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  • Ic wincie annicto vel

    annuto

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 27.
to close the eyes, blink
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  • Ic wincige

    conniveo

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Zup. 156, 14.

  • Se ðe ágímeleásaþ ðæt hé ðence ǽr ðæm ðe hé dó, se stæpð forð mid ðám fótum and wincaþ mid ðǽm eágum

    qui negligit considerando prae*-*videre, quod facit, gressus tendit, oculos claudit

    ,
      Past. 39; Swt. 287, 16.

  • Lamena hé is lǽce, leóht wincendra (winciendra,

    v.l.

    ), dumbra tunge,
      Salm. Kmbl. 156; Sal. 77.
Etymology
[Waryn wisdome wynked uppon Mede, Piers P. 4, 154. Or mans eghe may open or wynk, Pr. C. 4970. Twynkyó wythe the eye, or wynkyó conniveo, nicito, nicto, Prompt. Parv. 505. Wynkyó conniveo, 530. O. H. Ger. winchen nutare, nictare, oculo annuere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wincian.” 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/35848.

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