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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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