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Wincian

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p. ode. I. to wink, make a sign :--Ic wincie annicto vel annuto, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 27. II. to close the eyes, blink :--Ic wincige conniveo, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Zup. 156, 14. Se ðe ágímeleásaþ ðæt hé ðence ǽr ðæm ðe hé dó, se stæpð forð mid ðám fótum and wincaþ mid ðǽm eágum qui negligit considerando prae-videre, quod facit, gressus tendit, oculos claudit, Past. 39; Swt. 287, 16. Lamena hé is lǽce, leóht wincendra (winciendra, ), dumbra tunge, Salm. Kmbl. 156; Sal. 77. [Waryn wisdome wynked uppon Mede, Piers P. 4, 154. Or mans eghe may open or wynk, Pr. C. 4970. Twynkyó UNCERTAIN wythe the eye, or wynkyó UNCERTAIN conniveo, nicito, nicto, Prompt. Parconniveo, 530. O. H. Ger. winchen nutare, nictare, oculo annuere.] wincian
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ᚹᛁᚾᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
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Old High German

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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