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ge-þanc

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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ge-þanc, -þonc, -þang, es: generally m. but sometimes n. [þanc will]
Mind, will, opinion, thought; mens, animus, cogitatio
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  • Þincþ on his geþance

    thinks in his mind,

      R. Ben. 65.
  • Ðone fǽlan geþanc frine

    interroga me,

      Ps. Th. 138, 20.
  • Se Hǽlend geseh hyra heortan geðancas Iesus videns cogitationes cordis illorum, Lk. Bos. 9, 47: Ps. Th. 91, 4: 93, 11: 128, 3: 139, 8; all m; but the following three are n Sóþlíce ðæt geþanc eode on hig, hwylc hyra yldest wǽre

    intravit autem cogitatio in eos, quis eorum major esset,

      Lk. Bos. 9,46: Byrht. Th. 132, 9; By. 13.
  • Geþancu and geþeahtu

    thoughts and plans,

      Lchdm. iii. 214, 23.
  • Ðone ilcan geþang ic ðé ǽr sǽde

    the same thought I have told thee before,

      Blickl. Homl. 179, 28.
  • Geþanges

    mentis,

      Ps. Spl. 67, 29.
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v.  ge-þang ge-þonc.
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  • ge-þanc, n.