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y
nċan
V (v-weak-1)
to seem, appear
Source:
https://bosworthtoller.com/32414
,
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/þyncan#Old_English
Attested in
Exeter Book Riddle 47
("þūhte")
originates from
PGmc
*þunkijaną
"to seem" (þunkijaną
>
þunkijan
>
þunkjan
>
þunċjan
>
þynċjan
>
þynċan) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Ringe 2014
:30)
PGmc
*þunkjan-
"to seem" (þunkjan-
>
þunċjan
>
þynċjan
>
þynċan) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Kroonen 2013
:551)
Inflected forms
þūhte
"think
.pst.3sg
" (
oe-past-3sg
)
Paradigms