† i-thenchev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To think of; to consider; to remember.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]
i-thenchec897
bethinkOE
mingOE
thinkOE
monelOE
umbethinkc1175
to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275
minc1330
record1340
revert1340
remembera1382
mindc1384
monishc1384
to bring to mindc1390
remenec1390
me meanetha1400
reducec1425
to call to mind1427
gaincall1434
pense1493
remord?1507
revocate1527
revive1531
cite1549
to call back1572
recall1579
to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583
to call to remembrance1583
revoke1586
reverse1590
submonish1591
recover1602
recordate1603
to call up1606
to fetch up1608
reconjure1611
collect1612
remind1615
recollect1631
rememorize1632
retrieve1644
think1671
reconnoitre1729
member1823
reminisce1829
rememorate1835
recomember1852
evoke1856
updraw1879
withcall1901
access1978
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > direct attention, thought, etc.
lookeOE
i-thenchec897
to look to ——OE
send?c1420
to look upon ——c1515
to look unto ——1526
face1630
turn1842
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)]
i-thenchec897
showeOE
i-mune971
thinkOE
overthinkOE
takec1175
umbethinkc1175
waltc1200
bethinkc1220
wend?c1225
weighc1380
delivera1382
peisea1382
considerc1385
musec1390
to look over ——a1393
advise?c1400
debatec1400
roll?c1400
revert?a1425
advertc1425
deliberc1425
movec1425
musec1425
revolvec1425
contemplec1429
overseec1440
to think overc1440
perpend1447
roil1447
pondera1450
to eat inc1450
involvec1470
ponderate?a1475
reputec1475
counterpoise1477
poisea1483
traversec1487
umbecast1487
digest1488
undercast1489
overhalec1500
rumble1519
volve?1520
compassa1522
recount1526
trutinate1528
cast1530
expend1531
ruminate1533
concoct1534
contemplate1538
deliberate1540
revolute1553
chawa1558
to turn over1568
cud1569
cogitate1570
huik1570
chew1579
meditatec1580
discourse1581
speculate1599
theorize1599
scance1603
verse1614
pensitate1623
agitate1629
spell1633
view1637
study1659
designa1676
introspect1683
troll1685
balance1692
to figure on or upon1837
reflect1862
mull1873
to mull over1874
scour1882
mill1905
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care Pref. 3 Swæ feawa hiora wæron ðæt ic furðum anne anlepne ne mæg geðencean besuðan Temese.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 21 Wei þet he eure hit wule iþenche in his þonke.
a1200 Moral Ode (Egerton MS.) 203 Lutel iþenchð mani man hu muchel wes þe synne.
a1200 Moral Ode 329 in Lamb. Hom. Ȝif we were wise men þis we scolden iþenche.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 723 Vor-thi me singth in holi chirche..That man i-thenche bi the songe Wider he shal.
Derivatives
i-thenching adj. thoughtful, reflective.
ΚΠ
?a1200 Directions to Recite Penitential Psalms in N. R. Ker Catal. MSS containing Anglo-Saxon (1957) 24 Þonne scealt þu swa mycel swa ðu meaht mid inreweardan heortan, na mid efestlican wordan, ac mid geþencendan mode þas vii daviðes ps[ealmas] to dædbote gelomlice singan.
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