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a-þencan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-þencan, -þencean ; p. -þohte ; pp. -þoht.
Wright's OE grammar
§10;
to think out, devise, invent; excogitare
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  • Gif we hit mǽgen wihte aþencan

    if we may devise it in any way,

    • Cd. 21; Th. 26, 2
    • ;
    • Gen. 400 : 179
    • ;
    • Th. 224, 35
    • ;
    • Dan. 146
    • :
    • Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 28
    • .
to think, intend; cogitare, intendere, velle
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  • He ðis ellenweorc ána aþohte to gefremmanne

    he thought this bold work to perform alone,

    • Beo. Th. 5280
    • ;
    • B. 2643
    • .
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v.  a-þohte a-þoht.
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