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Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to ġeond- + þenċan.
Pronunciation
Verb
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,
10th century, The Wanderer:Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:- Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
and this dark life with wise thought,
shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:
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