"þencan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian thenka, Old Saxon thenkian, Old Dutch thenken, Old High German denken, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan). All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*þankijan}} Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*þankijaną}} Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, {{cog|ofs|thenka}} Old Frisian thenka, {{cog|osx|thenkian}} Old Saxon thenkian, {{cog|odt|thenken}} Old Dutch thenken, {{cog|goh|denken}} Old High German denken, {{cog|non|þekkja}} Old Norse þekkja, {{cog|got|𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*teng-||to think}} Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|þenċan}} þenċan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|þenċan<w1/papp:þōht>}} Forms: þenċan [canonical], weak [table-tags], þenċan [infinitive], þenċenne [infinitive], þenċe [first-person, present, singular], þōhte [first-person, past, singular], þenċest [present, second-person, singular], þencst [present, second-person, singular], þōhtest [past, second-person, singular], þenċeþ [present, singular, third-person], þencþ [present, singular, third-person], þōhte [past, singular, third-person], þenċaþ [plural, present], þōhton [past, plural], þenċe [present, singular], þōhte [past, singular], þenċen [plural, present], þōhten [past, plural], þenċ [imperative, past, present, singular], þenċaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], þenċende [imperative, present], þōht [imperative, past], ġeþōht [imperative, past]
  1. to think Categories (topical): Mind Synonyms: þenċean
    Sense id: en-þencan-ang-verb-ci5lfH8k Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Derived forms: āþenċan, beþenċan, biþenċan, forþenċan, foreþenċan, ġeþenċan, ġeondþenċan, oferþenċan, ofþenċan, underþenċan, ymbþenċan

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "thinken"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: thinken, thenchen, thenken, thynken, thinke, think\nEnglish: think\nScots: think, thynk",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: thinken, thenchen, thenken, thynken, thinke, think\nEnglish: think\nScots: think, thynk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*þankijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þankijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þankijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þankijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "thenka"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian thenka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "thenkian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon thenkian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "thenken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch thenken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "denken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German denken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "þekkja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse þekkja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*teng-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to think"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.\nCognate with Old Frisian thenka, Old Saxon thenkian, Old Dutch thenken, Old High German denken, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan). All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "þenċan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þencst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þencþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþōht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þenċan"
      },
      "expansion": "þenċan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þenċan<w1/papp:þōht>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Mind",
          "orig": "ang:Mind",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "āþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "beþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "biþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "forþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "foreþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġeþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġeondþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "oferþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "ofþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "underþenċan"
        },
        {
          "word": "ymbþenċan"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I think, therefore I am.",
          "text": "Iċ þenċe, for þȳ iċ eom.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We cannot think what we cannot say.",
          "text": "Ne magon wē þenċan þæt wē seċġan ne magon.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's better to think too much than too little.",
          "text": "Betere is þæt man þenċe tō swīðe þonne tō lȳt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to think"
      ],
      "id": "en-þencan-ang-verb-ci5lfH8k",
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "þenċean"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þencan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "āþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "beþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "biþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "foreþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeondþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "oferþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ofþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "underþenċan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ymbþenċan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "thinken"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: thinken, thenchen, thenken, thynken, thinke, think\nEnglish: think\nScots: think, thynk",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: thinken, thenchen, thenken, thynken, thinke, think\nEnglish: think\nScots: think, thynk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*þankijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þankijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þankijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þankijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "thenka"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian thenka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "thenkian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon thenkian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "thenken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch thenken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "denken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German denken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "þekkja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse þekkja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*teng-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to think"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.\nCognate with Old Frisian thenka, Old Saxon thenkian, Old Dutch thenken, Old High German denken, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan). All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "þenċan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þencst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þencþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōhten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þenċende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þōht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþōht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þenċan"
      },
      "expansion": "þenċan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þenċan<w1/papp:þōht>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Mind"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I think, therefore I am.",
          "text": "Iċ þenċe, for þȳ iċ eom.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We cannot think what we cannot say.",
          "text": "Ne magon wē þenċan þæt wē seċġan ne magon.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's better to think too much than too little.",
          "text": "Betere is þæt man þenċe tō swīðe þonne tō lȳt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to think"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθen.t͡ʃɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "þenċean"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þencan"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.