inicere

inicere (injic-) [CL] 1 a to throw, cast, hurl in or on; b (refl. and fig.). c (vinculis ~ere or sim.) to throw into chains, fetters, or sim. (also fig.; cf. 3b infra). d to throw at. a nec distulit ille ‥ profanare illud [fanum], injecta in eo lancea quam tenebat Bede HE II 13 p. 113; cum ‥ corpora ‥ amni ‥ a paganis essent injecta Ib. V 10 p. 300; duo ‥ laudaverat aera magister, / quae injecit templi vidua nuda gazis [cf. Marc. xii 42] Alcuin Carm. 11. 24 (cf. id. Ep. 145 (v. gazophylacium 1b)); humi traditum corpus venerabile, tumultuario injecto cespite, terrea gleba superjecta W. Malm. GP II 74 p. 153; Walt. Wimb. Carm. 180–1 (v. fornax 1g); etc. (v. 1 focus 4b); 1371 ipsam A. ‥ in capite ejus percussit et postea injecit eam in mare SelCCoron 47.  b Ælfegus naucelle injectus ad Grenewic vehitur Eadmer HN 5; tantae enim fiduciae erat ut inter torridas Tartari turmas sese, contemto hoste, injecerit [v. l. interjeceret; gl.: inmittere] Felix Guthl. 27.  c alios ‥ vinculis crudeliter ~iunt Ord. Vit. IV 12 p. 306; ille miser ferreis ~itur vinculis Map NC IV 6 f. 48v; c1237 in eadem vincula [sc. amicitiae] etiam me ~io Gros. Ep. 44 (v. comprehensor b); 1454 ~ere pedes suos in compedibus [cf. Sirach vi 25] Reg. Whet. I 146.  d 1334 (v. halandatio). 2 a to pour in (also fig.). b (med.) to inject. c to insert (into). a injecta farinula gratie sue J. Furness Walth. 35 (v. farinula c); aquam frigidam ~ere [sc. in ollam; ME: iwarþe þrin] AncrR 144.  b istud ‥ ~iatur per clistere Gilb. I 38v. 2; cibus per anum injectus Gad. 6v. 2; due gutte tepide ~iantur in auriculam Ib. 115v. 1.  c injecto per ansas vecte NLA II 469 (v. 2 hydria 2b). 3 to place, lay upon (also fig.); b (w. vincula as obj., cf. 1c supra); c (w. part of agent’s body as obj., cf. 4 infra). d to apply (as medicament or sim.). leve Christi jugum [cf. Matth. xi 30] plurimarum collo injicere gentium Alcuin Hag. 659A; rupium molibus et avenarum cumulis profundo injectis W. Malm. GR IV 355 p. 411.  b ebrius initiat vobis neu vincula Bachus ‥ Alcuin Carm. 59. 22; fidem ejus appellantibus vincula injecta W. Malm. GR II 228 p. 279.  c [mater] brachia collo ejus injecit G. Mon. III 7.  d cece mulieris orbes vacuos, sputo injecto, jubar serenum inplevit W. Malm. GP I 66 p. 123. 4 (manum ~ere) to lay one’s hand on; b (so as to claim possession or seize); c (w. implication of violence; sts. w. sibi in ref. to suicide). navis ‥ subversa est, omnes ‥ perierunt; duo soli virge qua velum pendebat manus injecerunt Ord. Vit. XII 26 p. 413; manus initiens quod ferebatur dextera quidem tetigit et humanum esse corpus deprehendit T. Mon. Will. I 7 p. 27.  b capiant quicquid habet; et manus ~iat rex ad dimidium [AS: fo se cyng to healfum] (Quad.) GAS 161; solitus amor studiorum aurem vellit et manum injecit W. Malm. GR IV prol. p. 357; custodes exercitus ‥ manus injecerunt in ‥ sumarios ipsius cardinalis et eos retinuerunt G. Hen. II II 137.  c sanguineas manus ‥ in ipsum [Christum] ~ere Eccl. & Synag. 101; cum nullus in episcopum auderet ~ere manum Ord. Vit. VII 8 p. 191; Arbogastes sibi manum injecit et se occidit R. Niger Chr. I 45; 1293 T. M. manus violentas injecit in A. filiam R. que levavit huthesium SelPlMan 169; pagani ‥ injecentes manus in eum tenuerunt Eul. Hist. III 5. 5 a (ignem ~ere or sim.) to set fire to. b (w. storm as obj.) to bring down upon. a [diabolus] flammas ‥ ~it oppido V. Ed. Conf. f. 49v; incendium ‥ injicere W. Poit. I 38; Medantum civitatem injectis ignibus cremavit W. Malm. GR III 282; ignem tectis injecerunt Ord. Vit. VII 7 p. 176.  b ventus eis contrarius ‥ procellam magnam injecit (Brendanus 34) VSH II 282. 6 to turn (one’s eyes or sim.) upon. ut in quemcumque oculorum gratiam ~eret, statim in amorem sui alliceret W. Malm. GP I 51 p. 97; Ketel J. Bev. 282 (v. 2 dilectio 1b); ad manum nostram intuitum injeci P. Cornw. Rev. I 183 p. 194. 7 to thrust, bring (person) into (situation, condition; in quots., refl.). quorum precibus sese Lanfrancus medium injiciens Eadmer HN 14; s1141 quod ‥ ipsi se in captionem comitis incunctanter ~erent W. Malm. HN 511. 8 (w. abstr. as obj.): a to instill (feelings or sim.) into. b to lay or inflict (suspicion, charge, insult, or sim.) on. c to impose (name) on. a trepidationi ‥ injectae vix sufficere pedum pernicitas credebatur [= Constantius Vita Germani 18)] Bede HE I 20 p. 39; scrupulum lectori injecimus Alb. Lond. DG 13. 5 p. 249; tremulum quatit orbem timor injectus J. Howd. Cant. 277; Satanas ‥ affectum furandi aurum animo ejus injecit (Bren. II 12) VSH II 274.  b si crimina inlata et aliquas minus honestas suspiciones injectas diluemus Alcuin Rhet. 20; non est culpa in eo ‥; / dignum morte in eo poterit quis inicere quicquam? Wulf. Swith. II 388; 1189 si quis ‥ socio opprobrium aut convitia aut odium Dei injecerit Foed. I 65b.  c ignoto corpori ‥ tandem Miltrudis est nomen injectum Gosc. Lib. Mild. cap. 16 p. 68 (cf. ib. 16 p. 84: imposuit nomen). 9 f. l. epimedium sive †injecta [l. vinecta, cf. TLL s. v. epimedion] †hasta [v. l. hastam] habet ‥ edere similem Alph. 57.