geþanc

Meaning

1. thought, mind

   Nu bidde ic eow þæt ge beon geðyldige on eowerum ġeðance, ōðþæt we ðone traht mid Godes fylste oferrædan magon.

   Now I pray you to be patient in your thoughts till, with God's assistance, we can read over the text.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"

2. intention, purpose

3. design, what is thought-out

4. act of thinking

5. imagination

   Ne sohte Crist na ða modigan, þa þa micele beoð on hyra geþance; ac ða ðe beoð lytle and eaðmode on heora heortan, þa cumað to Godes rice; ac ðider ne mæg astigan nán modignys.

   Christ sought not the proud, those who are great in their own imagination, but those who are little and humble in their hearts, these shall come to God's kingdom; but thither may no pride ascend.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

6. opinion

   Iulianus sæde ure geþanc is swa swa hit wæs...

   Julianus said, ' our opinion is just as it was;...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"

Declension