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Old English · verb

þencan

Normalised þenċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables
ˈθen · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
think

Meaning

  1. to think

    Iċ þenċe, for þȳ iċ eom.

    I think, therefore I am.

Conjugation

Conjugation of þencan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þenċeþōhte
2nd singular þenċestþencstþōhtest
3rd singular þenċeþþencþþōhte
Plural þenċaþþōhton
Subjunctive
Singular þenċeþōhte
Plural þenċenþōhten
Non-finite forms of þencan
Form
Infinitive þenċan
Inflected infinitive þenċenne
Imperative singular þenċ
Imperative plural þenċaþ
Present participle þenċende
Past participle þōhtġeþōht

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian thenka, Old Saxon thenkian, Old Dutch thenken, Old High German denken, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic (þagkjan). All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”).

Descendants

think

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