Ge-þyncan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þyncan

Add: I. to seem, appear :-- 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. (1) where the subject of the verb is given and a complementary adj. :-- 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. (2) the subject of the verb not expressed, (a) with infin. and its subject :-- 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. (b) with clause :-- Him wæs sóðre geþúht þæt hit engles word wǽre, Gú. 1096. II. to seem good or fit :-- 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. [O. H. Ger. ge-dunchen videri.] ge-þyncan