† inc, pron. Obs.
Forms: 1–3 inc, 2 ᵹunc, ᵹinc, hinc, 3 ȝunc, (Orm. ȝunnc), unk, hunke.
[OE. inc = OS. ink, Goth. igqis, ON. ykkr, dat. and acc. dual of the second pers. pron. thou. The acc. had in early OE. the fuller form incit, which has no parallel in the other Teut. languages. In late OE. altered (app. after the nom. dual ᵹit, and the plur. ᵹe, eow) to ᵹinc, ᵹunc, corrupted subseq. to unk, hunk.]
a. You two, both of you. b. To you two.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. ix. 29 Sy inc æftyr incrun ᵹeleafan. Ibid. Mark i. 17 Ic do inc [Hatton ᵹunc] þæt ᵹyt beoð sawla onfonde. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 93 Hwi iwearð hinc swa þet ȝit dursten fondian godes. c 1200 Ormin 4493 Wiþþ unnclænnessess fule lusst, To filenn swa ȝunnc baþe. a 1225 St. Marher. 21 Þe hali gast, þat glit of inc baðen. c 1230 Hali Meid. 11 Ne brec þu nawt tat seil þat seiled inc to gederes. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1733 Unk [v.r. Hunke] schal itide harm and schonde. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2830 Ic sal red Gunc boðen bringen read and sped. |