geþencan

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *gaþankijan. Cognate with Old Saxon githenkian, Old High German gidenken (German gedenken).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

ġeþenċan

1. to remember, bethink, consider
2. to conceive, perceive, reflect upon, bear in mind
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld
     for hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce

     Thus I cannot think over through this world
     why would (not) my heart darken

3. to devise, invent, excogitate, design
4. to determine, resolve, mean

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeþenċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġeþenċan	ġeþenċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeþenċe	ġeþōhte
second person singular	ġeþenċest, ġeþencst	ġeþōhtest
third person singular	ġeþenċeþ, ġeþencþ	ġeþōhte
plural	ġeþenċaþ	ġeþōhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeþenċe	ġeþōhte
plural	ġeþenċen	ġeþōhten
imperative
singular	ġeþenċ
plural	ġeþenċaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeþenċende	ġeþōht

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝeþencen, iþenchen, ithenchen