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† umthink, v. Obs.
Also 4 vmthinc(k, 5 Sc. wmthink; 4–6 vmthynk(e, 6 vnþ-.
[f. um- + think v.2 Cf. WFris. omtinke, MSw. omtänkia, older Da. omtænke, obs. Icel. umþenkja, MLG. ummedenken, OE. ymbþencan. See also umbethink v.]
1. intr. To bethink, consider, reflect. Also const. of, or with inf.
a1300Cursor M. 717 Sathan..vmthoght o þat thing to stint þat godd til ending god had mint. Ibid. 23709 (Edinb.), Quasum graiþeli wil vmþink, Þis werd es fals and ful of swink. a1340Hampole Psalter xxi. 28 Þe kirke of all þe warld sall vmthynke of God, for þai had forgetyn him: & swa vmthynkand, þai sall be turnyd till him.
b. In pa. pple. Having taken thought.
c1340Hampole Psalter, Cant. Mariæ 9 He receyfyd israel his barne, vmthouȝt [L. recordatus] of his mercy.
2. refl. To bethink (oneself). Also const. of, or with obj. clause or inf.
a1300Cursor M. 529 If þow wil þe vm-think, Þow may þam find with litul suink. Ibid. 5722 He vmthoght him in his hert Of his hiht lang siþen es gan. c1325Metr. Hom. (1862) 79 He umthoght him what was best, How he might this ilk nonne fange. c1340Hampole Psalter ix. 12 Sekand þe blode of þaim he has vmthoght him. Ibid. He has vmthoght him to glorifie his seruantes. a1400New Test. (Paues) Acts xi. 16 Forsoþe I vmþoghte me of þo wordes of oure Lorde. c1440Alph. Tales 31 ‘Son, vmthynk þe if þou hafe dissayvid any man be þis stane.’ And at þis wurde he vmthoght hym & said [etc.]. Ibid. 351 Þat evur when he lukid þer-vppon, he sulde vmthynk hym of his dead. 15..Chester Pl. xxiv. 430 (MS. Bodley 175), How durst you euer doo amisse When you vnþought you of þis? |