þencan

þencan

Old English

Alternative forms

• þenċean

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian thenka (West Frisian tinke), Old Saxon thenkian (Low German denken), Old Dutch thenken (Dutch denken), Old High German denken (German denken), Old Norse þekkja (Old Swedish þækkia, Icelandic þekkja), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan). All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθent͡ʃɑn/

Verb

þenċan

1. to think

   Iċ þenċe, for þȳ iċ eom.

   I think, therefore I am.

   Ne mage wē þenċan þæt wē seċġan ne magon.

   We cannot think what we cannot say.

   Betere is þæt man þenċe tō swīðe þanne tō lȳt.

   It's better to think too much than too little.

Conjugation

Conjugation of þenċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	þenċan	tō þenċenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þenċe	þōhte
2nd-person singular	þencst	þōhtest
3rd-person singular	þencþ	þōhte
plural	þenċaþ	þōhton
subjunctive	present	past
singular	þenċe	þōhte
plural	þenċen	þōhten
imperative
singular	þenċ
plural	þenċaþ
participle	present	past
	þenċende	ġeþōht

Derived terms

• āþenċan
• beþenċan
• biþenċan
• forþenċan
• foreþenċan
• ġeþenċan
• ġeondþenċan
• oferþenċan
• ofþenċan
• underþenċan
• ymbþenċan

Descendants

• Middle English: þenken, thenken, þinken, thinken, þenchen, thenchen, þinchen, thinchen
  • English: think
  • Scots: think, thynk, hink