ingeþanc

Old English

Etymology

From in- +‎ ġeþanc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.jeˌθɑnk/, [ˈin.jeˌθɑŋk]

Noun

inġeþanc m or n (nominative plural inġeþancas or inġeþanc)

1. thought, thinking, cogitation
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"

     nu ic wæs of þam rihtan wege mines ingeþances ac betere hit bið þæt ic eft fare ut of þysum porte ðylæs þe ic to swiðe dwelige and for-þy þonne ne cume to minum geferum þe me ær hyder sendon; gewislice ic her ongyten hæbbe þæt me hæfð gelæht fæste mines modes oferstige þæt ic nat na forgeare hu ic hit þus macige.

     Now I was in the right way in my inward thought, but better will it be that I go out of this town again lest I be too greatly bewildered, and so may not come to my comrades who erewhile sent me here; certainly I have here perceived that the over anxiety of my mind hath here seized me, so that I know not very certainly why I thus act.

2. intent, mind, heart, conscience

Declension

masculine

Declension of ingeþanc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	inġeþanc	inġeþancas
accusative	inġeþanc	inġeþancas
genitive	inġeþances	inġeþanca
dative	inġeþance	inġeþancum

neuter

Declension of ingeþanc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	inġeþanc	inġeþanc
accusative	inġeþanc	inġeþanc
genitive	inġeþances	inġeþanca
dative	inġeþance	inġeþancum

Descendants

• Middle English: inthank, inþoncæ