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Old English
Etymology
From in- + ġeþanc.
Pronunciation
Noun
inġeþanc m or n (nominative plural inġeþancas or inġeþanc)
- thought, thinking, cogitation
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
nu ic wæs of þam rihtan wege mines ingeþances ac betere hit bið þæt ic eft fare ut of þysum porte ðylæs þe ic to swiðe dwelige and for-þy þonne ne cume to minum geferum þe me ær hyder sendon; gewislice ic her ongyten hæbbe þæt me hæfð gelæht fæste mines modes oferstige þæt ic nat na forgeare hu ic hit þus macige.- Now I was in the right way in my inward thought, but better will it be that I go out of this town again lest I be too greatly bewildered, and so may not come to my comrades who erewhile sent me here; certainly I have here perceived that the over anxiety of my mind hath here seized me, so that I know not very certainly why I thus act.
- intent, mind, heart, conscience
Declension
masculine
Declension of ingeþanc (strong a-stem)
neuter
Declension of ingeþanc (strong a-stem)
Descendants