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Old English
Etymology
From ġe- + þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *gaþankijan. Cognate with Old Saxon githenkian, Old High German gidenken (German gedenken).
Pronunciation
Verb
ġeþenċan
- to remember, bethink, consider
- to conceive, perceive, reflect upon, bear in mind
10th century, The Wanderer:Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld
for hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce- Thus I cannot think over through this world
why would (not) my heart darken
- to devise, invent, excogitate, design
- to determine, resolve, mean
Conjugation
Descendants