"geþanc" meaning in Old English

See geþanc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jeˈθɑnk/, [jeˈθɑŋk]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *gaþank, from Proto-Germanic *gaþankaz. By surface analysis, ġe- + þanc. Cognate with Old High German gidank (German Gedanke), Old Saxon githanko. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*gaþank}} Proto-West Germanic *gaþank, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*gaþankaz}} Proto-Germanic *gaþankaz, {{surf|ang|ġe-|þanc}} By surface analysis, ġe- + þanc, {{cog|goh|gidank}} Old High German gidank, {{cog|de|Gedanke}} German Gedanke, {{cog|osx|githanko}} Old Saxon githanko Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=n|g3=|head=ġeþanc|sort=}} ġeþanc m or n, {{ang-noun|m|g2=n|head=ġeþanc}} ġeþanc m or n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|ġeþanc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ġeþanc|ġeþancas|ġeþanc|ġeþancas|ġeþances|ġeþanca|ġeþance|ġeþancum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}}, {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|ġeþanc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ġeþanc|ġeþanc|ġeþanc|ġeþanc|ġeþances|ġeþanca|ġeþance|ġeþancum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ġeþanc [canonical, masculine, neuter], strong [table-tags], ġeþanc [nominative, singular], ġeþancas [nominative, plural], ġeþanc [accusative, singular], ġeþancas [accusative, plural], ġeþances [genitive, singular], ġeþanca [genitive, plural], ġeþance [dative, singular], ġeþancum [dative, plural], strong [table-tags], ġeþanc [nominative, singular], ġeþanc [nominative, plural], ġeþanc [accusative, singular], ġeþanc [accusative, plural], ġeþances [genitive, singular], ġeþanca [genitive, plural], ġeþance [dative, singular], ġeþancum [dative, plural]
  1. thought, mind
    Sense id: en-geþanc-ang-noun-lR7RjtcB
  2. intention, purpose
    Sense id: en-geþanc-ang-noun-gEZ0N5pw
  3. design, what is thought-out
    Sense id: en-geþanc-ang-noun-~z5oQ5~C Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with ge-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 57 8 7 11 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 3 20 42 11 10 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 11 60 8 3 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 8 70 7 3 9
  4. act of thinking
    Sense id: en-geþanc-ang-noun-lKO~dyeJ
  5. imagination
    Sense id: en-geþanc-ang-noun-7D0AISJQ
  6. opinion
    Sense id: en-geþanc-ang-noun-Q3kQWspA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ġeþonc, ġeþang Derived forms: inġeþanc, mōdġeþanc
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inġeþanc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mōdġeþanc"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "10": "iðang",
            "2": "geðanc",
            "3": "ȝeðanc",
            "4": "ȝeþank",
            "5": "ȝeþonk",
            "6": "iþank",
            "7": "iþanc",
            "8": "iðonc",
            "9": "iþonc"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: geðanc, ȝeðanc, ȝeþank, ȝeþonk, iþank, iþanc, iðonc, iþonc, iðang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: geðanc, ȝeðanc, ȝeþank, ȝeþonk, iþank, iþanc, iðonc, iþonc, iðang"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *gaþank",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "surf"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German gidank",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Gedanke"
      },
      "expansion": "German Gedanke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "osx",
        "2": "githanko"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
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      "form": "ġeþanc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ġeþanc",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "ġeþances",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "ġeþanca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþance",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþancum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþanc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþanc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþanc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþanca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ġeþance",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþancum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "n",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "ġeþanc",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ġeþanc m or n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "g2": "n",
        "head": "ġeþanc"
      },
      "expansion": "ġeþanc m or n",
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  ],
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      },
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    },
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        "3": "ġeþanc",
        "4": "ġeþancas",
        "5": "ġeþances",
        "6": "ġeþanca",
        "7": "ġeþance",
        "8": "ġeþancum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ġeþanc"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ġeþanc",
        "2": "ġeþanc",
        "3": "ġeþanc",
        "4": "ġeþanc",
        "5": "ġeþances",
        "6": "ġeþanca",
        "7": "ġeþance",
        "8": "ġeþancum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now I pray you to be patient in your thoughts till, with God's assistance, we can read over the text.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The First Sunday in Lent\"\nNu bidde ic eow þæt ge beon geðyldige on eowerum ġeðance, ōðþæt we ðone traht mid Godes fylste oferrædan magon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thought, mind"
      ],
      "id": "en-geþanc-ang-noun-lR7RjtcB",
      "links": [
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intention, purpose"
      ],
      "id": "en-geþanc-ang-noun-gEZ0N5pw",
      "links": [
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 57 8 7 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 20 42 11 10 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with ge-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 11 60 8 3 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 8 70 7 3 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "design, what is thought-out"
      ],
      "id": "en-geþanc-ang-noun-~z5oQ5~C",
      "links": [
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ],
        [
          "thought-out",
          "thought-out"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "act of thinking"
      ],
      "id": "en-geþanc-ang-noun-lKO~dyeJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "thinking",
          "thinking"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Christ sought not the proud, those who are great in their own imagination, but those who are little and humble in their hearts, these shall come to God's kingdom; but thither may no pride ascend.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Purification of St. Mary\"\nNe sohte Crist na ða modigan, þa þa micele beoð on hyra geþance; ac ða ðe beoð lytle and eaðmode on heora heortan, þa cumað to Godes rice; ac ðider ne mæg astigan nán modignys.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "imagination"
      ],
      "id": "en-geþanc-ang-noun-7D0AISJQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "imagination",
          "imagination"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Julianus said, ' our opinion is just as it was;...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa\"\nIulianus sæde ure geþanc is swa swa hit wæs...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "opinion"
      ],
      "id": "en-geþanc-ang-noun-Q3kQWspA",
      "links": [
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈθɑnk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jeˈθɑŋk]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġeþonc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġeþang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geþanc"
}
{
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English nouns with multiple genders",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "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 prefixed with ge-",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "inġeþanc"
    },
    {
      "word": "mōdġeþanc"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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        "inflection-template"
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        "class"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "ġeþances",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ġeþanca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþance",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "ġeþances",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþanca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþance",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþancum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "m",
        "g2": "n",
        "head": "ġeþanc"
      },
      "expansion": "ġeþanc m or n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġeþanc"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġeþanc",
        "2": "ġeþancas",
        "3": "ġeþanc",
        "4": "ġeþancas",
        "5": "ġeþances",
        "6": "ġeþanca",
        "7": "ġeþance",
        "8": "ġeþancum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġeþanc"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġeþanc",
        "2": "ġeþanc",
        "3": "ġeþanc",
        "4": "ġeþanc",
        "5": "ġeþances",
        "6": "ġeþanca",
        "7": "ġeþance",
        "8": "ġeþancum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now I pray you to be patient in your thoughts till, with God's assistance, we can read over the text.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The First Sunday in Lent\"\nNu bidde ic eow þæt ge beon geðyldige on eowerum ġeðance, ōðþæt we ðone traht mid Godes fylste oferrædan magon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thought, mind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intention, purpose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "design, what is thought-out"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ],
        [
          "thought-out",
          "thought-out"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "act of thinking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "thinking",
          "thinking"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Christ sought not the proud, those who are great in their own imagination, but those who are little and humble in their hearts, these shall come to God's kingdom; but thither may no pride ascend.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Purification of St. Mary\"\nNe sohte Crist na ða modigan, þa þa micele beoð on hyra geþance; ac ða ðe beoð lytle and eaðmode on heora heortan, þa cumað to Godes rice; ac ðider ne mæg astigan nán modignys.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "imagination"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imagination",
          "imagination"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Julianus said, ' our opinion is just as it was;...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa\"\nIulianus sæde ure geþanc is swa swa hit wæs...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "opinion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈθɑnk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jeˈθɑŋk]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ġeþonc"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeþang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geþanc"
}

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