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Old English · verb

geþencan

Normalised ġeþenċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈθen · t͡ʃɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
excogitatebethinkinventrememberreflectresolve

Meaning

  1. to remember, bethink, consider

  2. to conceive, perceive, reflect upon, bear in mind

    for hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce

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

    Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld
  3. to devise, invent, excogitate, design

  4. to determine, resolve, mean

Conjugation

Conjugation of geþencan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġeþenċeġeþōhte
2nd singular ġeþenċestġeþencstġeþōhtest
3rd singular ġeþenċeþġeþencþġeþōhte
Plural ġeþenċaþġeþōhton
Subjunctive
Singular ġeþenċeġeþōhte
Plural ġeþenċenġeþōhten
Non-finite forms of geþencan
Form
Infinitive ġeþenċan
Inflected infinitive ġeþenċenne
Imperative singular ġeþenċ
Imperative plural ġeþenċaþ
Present participle ġeþenċende
Past participle ġeþōht

All forms (16)

Etymology

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

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