geondþencan

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Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ġeond- +‎ þenċan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /je͜ondˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

ġeondþenċan

  1. 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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