- þyncan
- \þyncan1 irreg wv/t1b impers w.d. 3rd pres þyncð past þúhte ptp geþúht to appear, seem; to seem, fit; mé þyncð methinks; him þúhte it seemed good to him; tó rǽde \þyncan to seem advisable
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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misþyncan — impersonal irreg wv/t1b 3rd pres misþyncþ past misþúhte ptp misþúht to be mistaken … Old to modern English dictionary
ofþyncan — irreg wv/t1b impersonal 3rd pres ofþyncþ past ofþúhte ptp ofþúht to give offence, insult, vex, displease, weary, grieve … Old to modern English dictionary
methinks — (v.) O.E. me þyncð it seems to me, from ME (Cf. me) (pron.), dative of I, + þyncð, third person singular of þyncan to seem, reflecting the Old English distinction between þyncan to seem and related þencan to think, which bedevils modern students… … Etymology dictionary
regret — (v.) to remember with distress or longing, c.1300, from O.Fr. regreter long after, bewail, lament someone s death, from re , intensive prefix + greter, possibly from Frankish (Cf. O.E. grætan to weep; O.N. grata to weep, groan ), from P.Gmc.… … Etymology dictionary
think — (v.) O.E. þencan conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally cause to appear to oneself, from P.Gmc. *thankjan (Cf. O.Fris. thinka, O.S. thenkian, O.H.G. denchen, Ger. denken, O.N. þekkja,… … Etymology dictionary
Methinks — Me*thinks , v. impers. [imp. {Methought}.] [AS. [thorn]yncan to seem, m[=e] [thorn]ynce[eth], m[=e] [thorn][=u]hte, OE. me thinketh, me thoughte; akin to G. d[ u]nken to seem, denken to think, and E. think. See {Me}, and {Think}.] It seems to me; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Methought — Methinks Me*thinks , v. impers. [imp. {Methought}.] [AS. [thorn]yncan to seem, m[=e] [thorn]ynce[eth], m[=e] [thorn][=u]hte, OE. me thinketh, me thoughte; akin to G. d[ u]nken to seem, denken to think, and E. think. See {Me}, and {Think}.] It… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ofþincþ — pres 3rd sing of ofþyncan … Old to modern English dictionary
rǽd — m ( es/ as) 1. counsel, advice; 2. counsel, prudence, wisdom, sense, reason, intelligence, intelligence; 3. counsel, course of action that results from deliberation, plan, resolution, a resolution taken after deliberation, way, design, ordinance … Old to modern English dictionary
þencan — þencan1 irreg wv/t1b 3rd pres þencð past þóhte ptp geþóht 1. absolute, to meditate, cogitate, consider; 2. where the thought is the object of the verb, to think, have in mind; 2a. where the thought is expressed; 3. to think, suppose, imagine,… … Old to modern English dictionary
