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þencan

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§5; §7; §40; §60; §117; §165; §231; §245; §289; §301; §309; §311; §326; §534; §539;
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  • Of þám dæge hig þóhton ꝥ hí woldon hyne ofsleán

    ab illo die cogitauerunt ut interficersnt eum,

      Jn. ii. 53.

  • Hwilc eówer mæg þencende (

    cogitans

    ) ætéce tó his lengo áne elne?,
      Mt. R. 6, 27.
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  • Ne mæg þín ríce leng stondan, búton þú heora forwyrde þe geornor þence. Bl. H. 175, 15. V b.

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    :-- Ic bidde þé þæt ðú helpe ealra þǽra þe tó mínre gebedrǽdene þencað,
      Angl. xii. 500, 28.
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  • Oncnáw nú ꝥ hyt ðé lyt sceal fremian ꝥ þú tó þóhtest, Nic. 6, 38. VI b. add :-- Ðǽr heó hiræ lícaman ræstan þæncð

    where she intends her body to rest,

      C.D. iii. 360, 3.

  • Þá þæt þá óþre geáscedon ꝥ hé hié ealle beswícan þóhte

    ceteri, cum deciptise ab Antigonu singillatim viderent,

      Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 12: 5, 12; S. 242, 6: 6, 34; S. 292, 3.

  • Ercol wæs tó gefaren, tó ðon þæt hé hié ábrecan þóhte, 3, 9; S. 132, 12: 4, 13; S. 212, 2. (b i)

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    :-- Hé þóhte his sunu tó beswícanne,
      Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 9.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/59433.

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