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be-þencan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-þencan, bi-þencan; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrust; considerare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere
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  • Scyle gumena gehwylc georne biþencan, ðæt us bicwom meahta Waldend

    each man should well consider, that the Lord of might came to us,

      Exon. 19 b; Th. 51, 27; Cri. 822.

  • Ðæt we gǽstes wlite biþencen

    that we bear in mind the spirit's beauty,

      Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 14; Cri. 850 : 51 b; Th. 179, 32; Gú. 1270.

  • Ðá beþohte he hine

    then he bethought himself;

    in se autem reversus,
      Lk. Bos. 15, 17 : Ælfc. T. 35, 21.

  • Híg beþohton ðæt híg hym seofon weras gecuron

    they bethought that they would choose them seven men,

      Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 4.

  • He beþohte swíðost to Arpelles

    he trusted most in Harpalus,

      Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 34.

  • Gif ðú to sǽmran gode biþencest

    if thou confidest in a worse god,

      Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 30; Jul. 52.

  • Beþohton [MS. beþohtan] hý ealle heora wígcræftas to Exantipuse

    they entrusted all their military forces to Xantippus,

      Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 16.

  • Cassander hæfde hys wisan beþoht to Seleucuse

    Cassander had entrusted his affairs to Seleucus,

      3, 11; Bos. 74. 45.
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v.  bi-þencan be-þancen.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-þencan.” 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/4053.

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