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to think, deliberate, take counsel or
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  • Huælc geðences (

    cogitans

    ) mæge atéce tó lícnesse his elne énne?,
      Mt. L. 6, 27.

  • Hiá geðóhtun betuih him,

      Mt. L. 21, 25: Mk. L. R. 8, 16.

  • Geðóhton ꝥte hine spildon

    cogitauerunt ut interficerent eum,

      Jn. L. 11, 53: 12, 10.
to think a thought
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  • Secge hé mé, gif hé god sý, hwæt hér sí geþóht oþþe gecweden oþþe gedón,

      Bl. H. 179, 34.

  • Þonne hé déþ ꝥ hé geþóht hafaþ, þonne gecýþe ic ꝥ ic wát ǽr hwæt hé þenceþ,

      181, 9. II a.

  • For ðǽm ðe swíðe fela unáléfedes wé oft geðenceað

    quia illicita animum multa pulsarent,

      Past. 425, 9.
to suppose, hold as an opinion or
a belief.
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  • Gé nó ne geðóhton on eówerre heortan ðæt ic suugode, suelce ic hit ne gesáwe,

      Past. 151, 21.

  • Geðence hé ðæt hé bið self gelíc ðám ilcan monnum

    aequalem se ipsis fratribus agnoscat,

      117, 15.

  • Wé magon geþencan ꝥ hit biþ deáþes ylding swíþor þonne lífes,

      Bl. H. 59, 32.

  • Swá þeáh is tó geþencenne ꝥ þá fíf þing ... þeáh hí tónemde beón mid wordum, ꝥ hit is eall án ðing. Bt. 33,

      1; F. 122, 9.

  • Ꝥ is micel syn tó geþencenne be Gode ꝥ ǽnig gód sié búton on him,

      34, 3; F. 138, 5.
with acc. and complementary adj.
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  • Þæt hiora gerisna nǽre þæt hié swá heáne hié geþóhten þæt hí heora gelícan wurden,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 17.

  • Þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan,

      4, 10; S. 194, 15.
to employ the mind on a subject, think of or
on, consider.
with acc.
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  • Ðæt wé magon ongietan, gif wé geðenceað ðá twégen wítgan

    quod cognoscimus, si duorum prophetantium facta pensamus,

      Past. 49, 2.

  • Ðonne hié geðencað ðá ryhtan lufe

    dum eorum cor in pacis internae cognitione suspenditur,

      363, 12.

  • Geðenc ðone brídel ðínre mettrymnesse swíðe geornlíce,

      467, 2: Dan. 420.

  • Þæt hé his sáwle síð geþence,

      Seel. 2.

  • Hé sceal hine selfne geðencan and ongietan

    ad semetipsum redeat,

      Past. 461, 27: Bl. H. 95, 24.

  • Is ðeós bisen tó geþencenne,

      Bt. 23; F. 78, 24.
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  • Gif hié geðenceað ðára gesǽlða

    si attendatur felicitas,

      Past. 407, 30.

  • Hé geþóhte his misdǽda,

      Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 26.

  • Þonne ic his geþencean sceal,

      3, 12; S. 142, 13.

  • Ne sculon hí geðencean hiera ealdordómes

    non in se potestatem debent ordinis pensare,

      Past. 107, 24: Gr. D. 3, 15.
with prep.
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  • Be þissum þingum geþenc,

      Bl. H. 41, 1.

  • Sceolon wé gemunan úre nýdþearfe and geþencean embe úre sáula þearfe,

      101, 32.
with an indirect interrogative clause
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  • Lyt þú geþóhtes (gemundest,

    v. l.

    ) tó hwan þínre sáwle þing siððan wurde,
      Seel. 19.

  • Hé geðóhte hú hé wolde ðæt mon him miltsode,

      Past. 101, 10.

  • Geðenc nú hwæt þínes ágnes seó,

      Bt. 13; F. 38, 1: Past. 467, 1: 5, 5.

  • Geðenceað hwelces wítes gé wénen ðǽm,

      329, 12.

  • Geðence gé hwæt gé sien,

      159, 14.

  • Hié sculon geðencean hú gelíce hié beóð óðrum monnum on hira gecynde

    debent aequalitatem pensare conditionis,

      109, 1.

  • Gemunan and geþencan hú ...,

      Bl. H. 55, 12.

  • Gehýran and geþencean hwæt hé dyde, and mid hwý hé ús freó gedyde,

      83, 31.
to think of something, where it is implied that effect will be given to the thought,
to determine, resolve, intend, purpose, mean
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  • Geþóhte deliberaret (quamvis auctor integritatis virginale munus occultare

    deliberaret,

      Ald. 59, 12), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 13.
with acc.
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  • Hé forgitt swíðe hræðe ðæt hé ǽr ǽfæstlices geðóhte

    obliviscitur libenter quidquid religiose cogitavit,

      Past. 57, 8.

  • Rómáne hæfdon swíþor fleám geþóht þonne gefeoht,

      Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 24.
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  • Ic geþóhte ádrífan of selde,

      Sat. 187.
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  • Satanus swearte geþóhte þæt hé wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan,

      Sat. 371.

  • Geþence hé ꝥ hé nánum men ne déme ꝥ hé nolde ꝥ hé him démde,

      Ll. Th. i. 56, 31.

  • Geþencean wé geornlíce ꝥ wé ús healdan wið leahtras,

      Bl. H. 37, 2: Past. 363, 12.

  • Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde ꝥ hé tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde,

      Ll. Th. i. 334, 32: Bl. H. 51, 27.

  • Hí hæfdon geþóht þæt hié sceoldon Italiam forlǽtan, and hié þæt swá gelǽsten, gif him Scipia ne gestýrde,

      Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 19.
with a preposition determining direction of intended motion
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  • Ealne þone here hé hét þonan wendan þe hé ǽr tó geþóht hæfde,

      Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 8.
to form an idea in the mind, conceive
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  • Geþóhte hé in his móde nytte geþeahte

    concepit utillimum mente consilium,

      Bd. 4, 31; Sch. 541, 12.

  • Ne mæg ic nǽfre geþencan ... hwonon him ǽnig unrótnes cuman sceolde,

      Bt. 33, 1; F. 122, 8.

  • Ic geþencan ne mæg for hwan módsefa mín ne gesweorce, Wand. 58. VI a.

    to form an idea of, have a conception of

    :-- Swá mycel ungelimp swá man náht ǽðelíce geþencean ne mæg,
      Chr. 1085; P. 217, 20.
to effect by thinking, think out, devise, design
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  • Þú ealle gód mid þínes ánes geþeahte geþóhtest and geworhtest ... swá swá þú self geþóhtest þú geworhtest þisne middangeard,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 19-24.

  • Gif úre hláford ús ǽnigne eácan geþæncean mæge tó úrum friðgildum,

      Ll. Th. i. 238, 16.

  • Man ne mihte geþeoncean ne ásmǽgian hú man of earde hí gebringon sceolde,

      Chr. 1006; P. 137, 15.

  • Fácen on heortan geþencendra yfelu,

      Scint. 138, 8.

  • Sió syn ðe longe ǽr geðóht bið

    exquisita per studium peccata,

      Past. 435, 28.
to perceive after consideration, learn
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  • Gé magon eáþe geþencan, gif gé hit georne ymbe smeágan willaþ and æfter styrian, ꝥ nánre wuhte líchoma ne beoð téderra þonne þæs monnes

    quid, si corpus spectes, imbecillius homine reperire queas,

      Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 7.

  • Of þissum ánum dóme mon mæg geþencean, ꝥ hé ǽghwelcne on riht gedéme,

      Ll. Th. i. 56, 29.
to remember a person or thing.
with gen.
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  • Gé ne geþenceað þǽra fíf hláfa

    non recordamini quinque panum,

      Mt. 16, 9.
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  • Nis nán swá eald man þe þíne mágas nú mage geþencan,

      Hml. S. 23, 709.

  • Wé ne magon swá þeáh ealle naman áwrítan ne furþor geþencan,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 74.
  • IX a. with the implication that conduct will be influenced by remembrance :-- Gif ic þé ne geþence þonne méé

  • Geþence hé word and wedd þe hé Gode betǽhte,

      Ll. Th. i. 306, 5.
to bear in mind a fact (that should influence conduct or opinion) stated in a clause
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  • For hwon ne geþóhtest þú ꝥ hit is eal Godes?,

      Bl. H. 51, 1.

  • Geþencaþ eác ꝥ on ðisum pearroce búgiaþ swíþe manega ðeóda

    adde quad hoc ipsum septum plures incolunt nationes,

      Bt. 18, 2; F. 62, 27: Bl. H. 99, 6.

  • Geþencean wé þæt,

      23, 18: 29, 4.
  • Geþencan wé hú Drihten cwæð, 'Eádige ...,' 25, 19: Ll. Th. i. 196, 1.

  • Is tó geðencanne ðæt ...,

    notandum quod ...

    ,
      Past. 53, 17.

  • Is tó geðencanne ðætte ...

    considerandum est quod

    ...,
      302, 20.

  • Gif ǽgðer bið unwís, ðonne is tó geðencanne hwæt Crísð cuæð ... 'Gif se blinda ðone blindan lǽt ...,' 29,

      6.
  • X a. with pronoun and clause in apposition :-- Ꝥ ús is tó geþencenne, ꝥ úre Drihten ... fæstte ... Ús iss
to keep in mind what is to be done,
take care that
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  • Is tó geðencenne ðæt wé tó ungemetlíce ðá eáðmódnesse ne healden, ðý lǽs se anweald áslacie ðæs recendómes

    intuendum est, ne, dum immoderatius custoditur virtus humilitatis, solvantur jura regiminis,

      Past. 119, 3.
þencan
for þyncan
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  • Huæt ðe gesegen is ł ðé geðence (ðynceþ, R., þincþ, W. S.)

    quid tibi videtur,

      Mt. L. 17, 25: 22, 17, 42.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-thenkian to think, devise: O. H. Ger. ge-denchen concipere, proponere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/50075.

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