Ge-beácnian

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ge-beácnian

Dele -bécnian, -bícnian, last passage, and bracket, and add: (1) to make signs :-- Gebeácnað annuit (oculis), Kent. Gl. 143: 328. (2) to shew by signs, indicate, make known :-- Niht nihte gecýð l gebeácnaþ wísdóm nox nocti indicat scientiam, Ps. L. 18, 3. (3) to give command by signs :-- Búton hé tó ǽlcum men mæge gebeácnian ꝥ hé irne on his willan nisi ad nutum cuncta suppetant, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 20. ge-beacnian