Old English · noun
geþoht
Normalised ġeþōht
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈθoːxt/
- Syllables
- je · ˈθoːxt (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- ideaopiniondetermineddecreedesignintentionrededeliberation
Meaning
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thought, what is determined after thought, idea, opinion, decree
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:
Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte -
mind, purpose, intention
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what is thought out, device, design, deliberation, counsel; rede
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plan
Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.
The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.
"The Wife's Lament"
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From ġe- + þōht.
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