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ge-þyncan

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to seem, appear
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  • Him ǽr geþúhte þæt him nán sǽ wiþhabban ne mehte,

      Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 12.
  • Him rǽdlecre geþuhte ꝥ hé frið genǽme,

      3, 1; S. 96, 15.
  • ¶ geþúht béon, wesan videri.
where the subject of the verb is given and a complementary adj.
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  • Hé him selfum wæs lytel geðúht,

      Past. 113, 16, 17, 18.
  • Se leóma wæs swíðe lang geþúht,

      Chr. 1097; P. 233, 29: Rún. 21.
  • Þeáh ðá gecorenan Godes cempan sind feáwa geðúhte,

      Hml. Th. ii. 82, 12.
the subject of the verb not expressed,
with infin. and its subject
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  • Mé ys geþúht Godes þeówdóm betweoh þás cræftas ealdorscype healdan,

      Coll. M. 30, 15.
  • Hwilce þé [ys] geþúht betwux woruldcræftas healdan ealdordóm

    quales tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum?,

    23: 11.
with clause
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  • Him wæs sóðre geþúht þæt hit engles word wǽre,

      Gú. 1096.
to seem good or
fit
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  • Hí ealle sealdon þone dǽl heora spéda þe him geðúhte,

      Hml. Th. i. 582, 19.
  • Godwine fór upp, and Harold, and heora lið swá mycel swá heom geþúhte,

      Chr. 1052; P. 180, 28.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-dunchen videri.]
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