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ge-þanc

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
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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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þanc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16420.

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