geþanc
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Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *gaþank, from Proto-Germanic *gaþankaz. By surface analysis, ġe- + þanc. Cognate with Old High German gidank (German Gedanke), Old Saxon githanko.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ġeþanc m or n
- thought, mind
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"
- 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"
- intention, purpose
- design, what is thought-out
- act of thinking
- imagination
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
- 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"
- opinion
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
- 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"
Usage notes
[edit]- Generally masculine in gender, it is only occasionally neuter.
Declension
[edit]masculine
Declension of ġeþanc (strong a-stem)
neuter
Declension of ġeþanc (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
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