þencan

Old English

Alternative forms

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

Descendants
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