þencan
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Ðá águnnon þencan ða bócerns coeperunt cogitare scribæ, Lk. Skt. 5, 21. Ne mæg se flǽschoma, ðone him ðæt feorg losaþ, mid hyge þencan, Exon. Th. 311, 23; Seef. 96.
þencan
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Sum on bǽle sceal brondas þencan (Thorpe would read þeccan; Grein suggests sumne on bǽle sceal brond áswencan. Cf. ge-swencan), Exon. Th. 329, 33; Vy. 43
þencan
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</b> add :-- Ic bidde þé þæt ðú helpe ealra þǽra þe tó mínre gebedrǽdene þencað, Angl. xii. 500, 28. Add Oncnáw nú ꝥ hyt ðé lyt sceal fremian ꝥ þú tó þóhtest, Nic. 6, 38. <b>VI b.
fóre-þencan
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Hé smeáþ ł foreþæncð meditabitur, Ps. Rdr. 1, 2. Ne gié foreðencgæ non praemeditari, Lk. L. 21, 14. Nælle gié foreðence nolite praecogitare, Mk. L. 13, 11. and add
be-þencan
To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrust ⬩ considerare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere
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To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrust; considerare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere Scyle gumena gehwylc georne biþencan, ðæt us bicwom meahta Waldend each man should well consider, that the Lord
ge-þencan
to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle
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to think, conceive, perceive, reflect upon, weigh; meditari, considerare, pensare Hwylc eówer mæg sóþlíce geþencan ðæt he geeácnige áne elne to hys anlícnesse quis autem vestrum cogitans potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum, Mt. Bos. 6, 27:
be-þencan
consider
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Add: to think about, consider, with acc. Sé þe sóð on his heortan beðencð, R. Ben. 3, 19. Beþencað domes dæg, Wlfst. 228, 31. ꝥ þú beþence ðone rǽdels, Ap. Th. 5, 7. Beþænce hé (cogitet) Godes edleán, R. Ben. 92, 12. Beþænce se fæder þone sunu and se
for-þencan
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Substitute: To despise; used reflexively, to despise one's self, to despair; pp. for-þóht desperate, in despair Þú eart fulneáh forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód thou art wellnigh desperate. But I
ofer-þencan
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to think over, consider Gif hit byð wel ásmeád and oferþóht si bene perpenditur, Gr. D. 316, 20
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under-þencan
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Búton hí hí selfa underþæncan and tó dǽdbóte cuman. Ll. Lbmn. 438, 35. Add
geond-þencan
To think over, consider, contemplate ⬩ aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri
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To think over, consider, contemplate; aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri Ðonne ic eorla líf eal geondþence when I consider all the chieftains' life, Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 5; Wand. 60. Se ðis deorce líf deópe geondþenceþ he profoundly contemplates this dark life
fore-þencan
To distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ diffīdĕre ⬩ despērāre
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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, despērāre Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige, oððe for ðære réðan foreþence lest he on account of pleasant fortune should be arrogant, or on account of the affliction should despair, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238,
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a-þencan
to think out ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ to think ⬩ intend ⬩ cogitare ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle
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to think out, devise, invent; excogitare Gif we hit mǽgen wihte aþencan if we may devise it in any way, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 2; Gen. 400 : 179; Th. 224, 35; Dan. 146 : Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 28. to think, intend; cogitare, intendere, velle He ðis ellenweorc
fóre-þencan
To FORETHINK ⬩ consider beforehand ⬩ præcōgĭtāre ⬩ præmĕdĭtāri
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To FORETHINK, consider beforehand; præcōgĭtāre, præmĕdĭtāri Se láreów sceal mid geornfullíce ingehygde fóreþencean the teacher must consider beforehand with careful meditation, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 20 a. 1
ge-þencan
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what is to be done, take care that 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
embe-þencan
To think about, to be anxious for, careful ⬩ sollĭcĭtus esse
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To think about, to be anxious for, careful; sollĭcĭtus esse Ne beó ge embeþencende hú oððe hwæt ge sprecon, oððe andswarion nōlīte sollĭcĭti esse quālĭter aut quid respondeātis, aut quid dīcātis, Lk. Bos. 12, 11
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for-þencan
To misthink ⬩ disdain ⬩ despise ⬩ distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ dedignāri ⬩ diffīdĕre
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To misthink, disdain, despise, distrust, despair; dedignāri, diffīdĕre Ðæt is nú git ðínre unrihtwísnesse ðæt ðú eart fullneáh forþoht; ac ic nolde ðæt ðú ðé forþohtest; forðam se se ðe hine forþencþ, se biþ ormód it is still thy fault that thou art
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ge-þencan
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add: combining and Geþence þára tída and þissa, hwæþre him bet lícien, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 22
bi-þencan
to consider, bear in mind, confide,
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to consider, bear in mind, confide, Exon. 19 b; Th. 51, 27; Cri. 822: 20 a; Th. 53, 14; Cri. 850: 51 b; Th. 179, 32; Gú. 1270: 66 b; Th. 245, 30; Jul. 52
under-þencan
to look into ⬩ consider
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to look into, consider Wé sculon swíðe smeálíce ðissa ǽgðer underðencean hoc in utrisque subtiliter intuendum, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 23