aþencan

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uzþankijan. Cognate with Old High German irdenken (German erdenken). Equivalent to ā- +‎ þenċan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

āþenċan

  1. to think of something (meaning "conceive of" or "invent," not "think about")
  2. to make up something
    Mīn sōþung is þæt iċ hit āþōhte!
    My proof is that I made it up!
  3. to intend

Conjugation

Conjugation of āþenċan (weak class 1)
infinitive āþenċan āþenċenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular āþenċe āþōhte
second person singular āþenċest, āþencst āþōhtest
third person singular āþenċeþ, āþencþ āþōhte
plural āþenċaþ āþōhton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular āþenċe āþōhte
plural āþenċen āþōhten
imperative
singular āþenċ
plural āþenċaþ
participle present past
āþenċende āþōht

See also

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “a-þencan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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