geondþencan

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ġeond- +‎ þenċan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je͜ondˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

ġeondþenċan

1. to think over, consider, contemplate
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     þonne iċ eorla līf · eal ġeondþenċe,
     hū hī fǣrlīċe · flet ofġēafon,

     when I think of all fighters lives,
     how they suddenly left halls,

   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
     ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
     frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
     wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:

     Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
     and this dark life with wise thought,
     shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
     swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeondþenċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġeondþenċan	ġeondþenċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeondþenċe	ġeondþōhte
second person singular	ġeondþenċest, ġeondþencst	ġeondþōhtest
third person singular	ġeondþenċeþ, ġeondþencþ	ġeondþōhte
plural	ġeondþenċaþ	ġeondþōhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeondþenċe	ġeondþōhte
plural	ġeondþenċen	ġeondþōhten
imperative
singular	ġeondþenċ
plural	ġeondþenċaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeondþenċende	ġeondþōht

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geondþencan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.