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to batter, dash (of sea, tempest, c.) (lit. or fig.)
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  • Sé gecnyseð ðá lytlan his

    qui adlidet parvulos suos,

    • Ps. Srt. 136, 9.

  • Þæt cinene scip gecnysed

    rimosa barca (turbine) quassata,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 21.

  • Ic eom gecnyssed (-cnysed, v.l.) mid þám stormum þǽre strangan hreóhnesse in þám scipe mines módes

    in naui mentis tempestatis ualidae procellae illidor,

    • Gr. D. 5, 19.

  • Ic eom nú swá ꝥ twig ꝥ bið ácorfen of þám treówe, and áworpen on micclum ýstum and éghwanon gecnissed,

    • Hml. S. 30, 192.
of mental distress
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  • Ðú gecnysydyst mé

    allisisti me,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 101, 11.

  • Hé wæs gecnyssed fram sumum geþancum,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 48.

  • Gecnysyde

    elisos,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 145, 7.
Etymology
[
O.H. Ger. ge-knussen allidere, collidere, quassare
.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cnyssan.” 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/47497.

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