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umbeˈthink, un-, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: α. 3 ummbeþennkenn, 5 umbethenke; 4 vmbethynk(e, 4–6 vmbe-, umbethink (5–6 Sc. wmbe-); 4 vmby-, 4–5 vmbithynk(e. β. 4–7 vnbethink (4 vnbi-; 6 -thynk), 7, 8–9 dial., unbethink (9 dial. on-).
[See umbe- and bethink v.1 and cf. umthink v.]
†1. trans. (with objective clause). To think about, to consider; to remember (how, that, etc.). Obs.
c1200Ormin 2953 Ȝiff þatt icc..mikell ummbeþennke, Whillc gate icc muȝhe cwemenn Godd. c1340Hampole Psalter lxxxvi. 13 Londe of forgettinge is in þas þat vnbethinks not þat þai salbe demed rightwisly. c1380Wyclif in MS. Bodl. 288 fol. 250/1 Makiþ knowen in þe folk þe fyndingis of him: vmbiþinkiþ for his name is hiȝ. 1483Cath. Angl. 403/1 To Vnbethynke, recogitare. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. lxx, I vmbethocht how Joue and auld Saturne, Intill ane wolf thay did Lycaon turne.
2. refl. To bethink (oneself); to call to mind:
a. With obj. clause or inf.
αa1300Cursor M. 2999 For I me vm-bithoght Yee war men þat godd duted noght. c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 10 Vmbethynke the þat thou halowe þi halydaye. 1375Barbour Bruce v. 613 ‘A! schir, vmbethinkis ȝow,’ said he, ‘How neir to ȝou that I suld be’. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 1583 Sir Ywaine umbithought him than He had forgeten his leman. c1425Wyntoun Cron. iv. ii. 130 He..wmbethoucht [v.r. (c 1520) vnbethocht] hym inkyrly Withe qwhat turmentis men mycht be Punyst for þar iniquite. c1460Towneley Myst. i. 123 Therfor, felow, hold thi peasse, and vmbithynke the what thou saysse.
βc1520[see 2 α]. 1685Cotton Montaigne (1711) I. xii. 60 The Lacedæmonian Foot..unbethought themselves to disperse and retire. Ibid. II. xii. 365 Nicetas of Syracusa unbethought him to maintain, that it was the Earth that mov'd. 1703A. de la Pryme Short View Hist. Winterton in Archaeol. XL. 234 William the Conqueror haveing the whole Nation at Command begun to unbethink himself, how he might gratify his Favourites. 1863Mrs. Gaskell Sylvia's L. vii, They'll prize what I leave 'em if I could only onbethink me what they would like.
b. Const. of or on. Also intr.
αc1375Cursor M. 1325 (Fairf.), Of steppis he vmbe-þoȝt him þan þat falowed for syn of man. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 352 The king umbethocht him off a thing. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 150 Vmbethynke vs of the moste noble lordis as to worthely lorshuppe that afor this tymes weryn. 1456Sir G. Haye Govt. Princes (S.T.S.) 164 Will thou umbethink the wele of all that I have said. 1513Douglas æneid i. x. 32 Quharfore I vmbethink me of ane trane, This quene first for to caucht in luvis lace. 1560Rolland Seven Sages 87 He vmbethocht him self of ane consait.
βa1500Chester Pl. xxiv. 430 How durst you euer doe amysse, when you vnbethoughte you of this? a1600Sir Lionel 35 in Percy Folio, Ball. & Rom. (1867) I. 76 He..vnbethought him of a while [= wile], how he might that wilde bore beguile. 1630W. Freake Doctrines Jesuites ii. 59 The Iesuites vnbethought themselues further of this Stratagem. 1686G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 4 When I unbethink me of thae frights and fears This poor auld grey beard hangs dreeping with tears. c1746J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Wks. (1862) 11 On then I unbethowt meh o me Sawt. 1788W. H. Marshall Rur. Econ. Yorks. II. s.v., I unbethought myself on't. 1892S. Hewett Peas. Sp. Devon 139 Well, I'm baggered ef I ant ajist unbethowted o' 't.
c. Without const.
αa1300Cursor M. 3622 A wyel sco hir vmbithogt. 1375Barbour Bruce xvii. 40 Quhen the marschall the letteris saw, He vmbethoucht him than a thraw. c1440Alph. Tales 17 Sho satt still & vmbethoght hur, & knew his falssett well enogh. Ibid. 237 Als oft sithes as I se a tade, I vmbethynk me, & thankis God þat gaf me so fayr a form. a1500in Ratis Raving, etc. 13 Quhen I wmbethocht me, and turnyt my mynd in my self, thinkand of al my warldly werkis.
β1535Coverdale 2 Sam. xiv. 14 And God will not take awaye the lyfe, but vnbethynketh himselfe. 1603Philotus lxxvi, Quhen I haue vnbethocht me thryse, I can na better way deuyse. a1666C. Hoole School-Colloquies (1688) 190 Let me unbethink myself a little. c1800Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1814) 250 Similar to this word unbeknown is an expression used in some parts of England, where people say, ‘I un-bethought myself’: i.e. I recollected. 1857Waugh Lanc. Life 207 He's the very mon for yo! Aw've just unbethought mo! 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Wordbk. 460, I should a done that wrung, if I 'adna jest unbethought me in time.
3. In pa. pple. After reflection.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 138 If hit happe a kynge to do any thynge vnawyssely, he owyth hit repel vmbethoght avysely, and wyth reyson know his defaute.
Hence umbeˈthinking vbl. n.; umbeˈthought ppl. a.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 155 The more ryche man be and manaunt, the more hym be-howyth that he be vmbethoght. Ibid. 157 Whoso wyse is and vmbethoght, he wille not begyle, ne begilid he nel not be. c1440Alph. Tales 293 To restrene hur wepyng sho lefte thynkyng of þe manhede of Criste & toke hur to vmbethynkyng of His godded. 1548Udall Erasm. Par., Luke xii. 115 To take folie and unbethinking to be of his counsayle. |