geondþencan
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to ġeond- + þenċan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ġeondþenċan
- to think over, consider, contemplate
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- þonne iċ eorla līf · eal ġeondþenċe,
hū hī fǣrlīċe · flet ofġēafon,- when I think of all fighters lives,
how they suddenly left halls,
- when I think of all fighters lives,
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ġeondþenċan (weak class 1)
infinitive | ġeondþenċan | ġeondþenċenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġeondþenċe | ġeondþōhte |
second person singular | ġeondþenċest, ġeondþencst | ġeondþōhtest |
third person singular | ġeondþenċeþ, ġeondþencþ | ġeondþōhte |
plural | ġeondþenċaþ | ġeondþōhton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġeondþenċe | ġeondþōhte |
plural | ġeondþenċen | ġeondþōhten |
imperative | ||
singular | ġeondþenċ | |
plural | ġeondþenċaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġeondþenċende | ġeondþōht |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geondþencan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.