† forthinkingn.
Obsolete.
The action of forthink v.; also, repentance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [noun]
rueeOE
ruenessOE
forthinkinga1250
rueinga1400
regratec1485
remorse?1528
regretting1531
regret1534
resentment1632
reluctance1650
reluctancy1654
resentinga1716
lamentation1850
ruesomeness1881
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [noun] > act of changing
forthinkinga1250
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun]
reusingeOE
rueeOE
ruenessOE
bireusingc1000
penitencea1200
rutha1200
after-charc1220
again-charc1220
ruesomenessa1225
ofthinkingc1225
forthinkinga1250
repentancec1300
penancea1325
pityc1330
compunctiona1340
agenbite1340
repentingc1350
athinking1382
contritionc1386
repentaillec1390
rueinga1400
remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410
conscience?a1425
remorsea1425
penitencya1500
penitudea1538
resipiscency?c1550
penancy?1567
resipiscence1570
repent1573
brokennessa1617
remorsefulnessa1617
synteresy1616
synderesis1639
heart-searching1647
synteresis1650
remordency1658
contriteness1692
resentment1705
penitentness1727
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Titus) (1963) 28 & te forþinchinge [?c1225 Cleo. of þunchunge] þat he hafde inwið him.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 20 Þet þou nere naȝt digneliche y-diȝt be ssrifþe and by vorþenchinge.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 8 Sothefaste for~thynkynge þat we hafe of oure syne.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. 289 Let him sorowe, not with a lighte forthinckinge.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 308 The..Cerimonies of all Nations, doe witnesse vnto vs a certeyne forthinking and remorce of sinne against God.
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