tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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Him ðæt ( the writing on the wall ) tácen wearð, ðæt hé ligeword gecwæð, Cd. Th. 260, 31; Dan. 718. Ðæt wæs tácen sweotol, Beo. Th. 1671; B. 833. Hwæt dést ðú tó tácne, ðæt wé gelýfon, Jn. Skt. 6, 30.
settan
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On gewrit settan to put into writing , L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 22. Wutan ús tó symbeldæge settan, Ps. Th. 117, 25. <b>II a.</b> of travelling, cf. lecgan and Ger. zurücklegen :-- On weg setteþ wíse gangas, Ps. Th. 84, 12.
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in
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Se þreát Þára Godes þeówa in wífháde ancillarum Dei caterva, Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 385, 15. of manner in speech or writing Tó þǽre ceastre þe in Englisc is háten Kalcacester, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 466, 15. of means or instrumentality, with Mynstres aldor hine cænne
habban
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Ðás wísan hé ealle on him hæbbende wæs, 23 b, 32. to declare, maintain, express the conditions of a case Ðǽs [s]préce nǽnig mon on nǽnge óðre halfe oncærrende sié nymne suǽ þis gewrit hafað (except as this writing lays down the conditions), Txts. 442