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Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /on moːd beˈrin.nɑn/
Verb
on mōd berinnan
- to occur (of a thought or idea): come to mind, cross one's mind
- c. 900, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory
Ān wundor iċ wille seċġan þæt mē nū on mōd berann.- I want to tell you about one miracle that just occurred to me.
- c. 992, Ælfric's preface to his first book of homilies
Þā berann mē on mōd þæt iċ þās bōc of Lǣdenum ġereorde tō Englisċre sprǣċe āwende.- Then it occurred to me that I should translate this book from Latin into English.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Second Sunday After Pentecost"
Siþþan sē rīċa wearþ orwēne his āgenre ālīesednesse, þā berann him on mōd his ġebrōðra ġemynd.- When the rich man had lost hope that he would ever escape, the memory of his brothers came to his mind.
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Wē sċulon seċġan be þǣre snotoran Petronellan þæs ēadigan Petres dehter, ac ūs berann þis on mōd.- We have to speak about Saint Peter's wise daughter Petronilla, but this crossed our minds.
Usage notes
- If something comes to mind that one knows already, the phrase on ġemynd cuman (literally "come into memory") might be used instead.