geþyncan

By surface analysis, ġe- +‎ þynċan

• IPA^(key): /jeˈθyn.t͡ʃɑn/

ġeþynċan

1. to seem, appear
2. to seem fit
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Philippe ġeþūhte æfter þām þæt hē on lande ne meahte þām folce mid ġiefum ġecwēman þe him on simle wǣron mid winnende, ac hē sċipu ġegaderode and wīċingas wurdon, and sōna æt ānum ċierre ān hund and hundeahtatiġ ċēapsċipa ġefēngon.

     After that, Philip concluded that on land, the gifts he awarded the common people who were always fighting on his side would never be enough to satisfy them, so he gathered ships and they became pirates, and very quickly captured 180 trading ships.

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-þyncan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.