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

to think

Conjugation

Conjugation of þenċan (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þenċan	tō þenċenne
1st-person singular	þenċe	þōhte
2nd-person singular	þenċest	þōhtest
3rd-person singular	þenċeþ	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

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