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ge-þoht

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • verb [ weak ]
  • participle
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ge-þoht, es; m. n. [ge-þoht, pp. of ge-þencan to think]
THOUGHT, thinking, mind, determination; cōgĭtātio, mens
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  • Ðæt wæs þreálíc ge-þoht

    that was a guilty thought,

      Elen. Kmbl. 851; El. 426: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 6; Kl. 43.

  • Forðonðe mannes geþoht mægen andetteþ

    quia cōgĭtātio hŏmĭnis confĭtēbĭtur tibi,

      Ps. Th. 75, 7: 32, 10.

  • Manna cynnes [MS. kynnes] costere hafaþ acenned on ðé ða unablinnu ðæs yfelan geþohtes

    the tempter of mankind [lit. of the race of men] hath begotten in thee the unrest of this evil thought,

      Guth. 7; Gdwn. 46, 10: Bd. 1, 27: S. 496, 32: Exon. 73 b; Th. 275, 14; Jul. 550.

  • Mínne gehýraþ ánfealdne geþoht

    hear my simple thought,

      Beo. Th. 517; B. 256: 1225; B. 610: Salm. Kmbl. 478; Sal. 239.

  • Hwíle mid geþohte

    sometimes with thought,

      Hy. 3, 45; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 45: Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 27; Wand. 88.

  • Ðæt geþohtas sýn awrigene of manegum heortum

    ut revēlentur ex meltis cordĭbus cōgĭtātiōnes,

      Lk. Bos. 2, 35: Ps. Th. 138, 2.

  • Gé sind earmra geþohta

    ye are of poor thoughts,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1488; An. 745: Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 31.

  • On geþohtum

    in cōgĭtātiōnĭbus,

      Ps. Th. 138, 17.

  • Ðæt he him afirre frécne geþohtas

    that he banish from him wicked thoughts,

      Cd. 219; Th. 282, 10; Sat. 284: 217; Th. 277, 18; Sat. 206.
  • The following examples are neuter

    Þurh dyrne [or = dyrnne?] geþoht

    through dark counsel,

      Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 13; Kl. 12: Ps. Th. 139, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þoht.” 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/16493.

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