ingeþanc
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.jeˌθɑnk/, [ˈin.jeˌθɑŋk]
Noun
inġeþanc m or n (nominative plural inġeþancas or inġeþanc)
- thought, thinking, cogitation
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
- nu ic wæs of þam rihtan wege mines ingeþances ac betere hit bið þæt ic eft fare ut of þysum porte ðylæs þe ic to swiðe dwelige and for-þy þonne ne cume to minum geferum þe me ær hyder sendon; gewislice ic her ongyten hæbbe þæt me hæfð gelæht fæste mines modes oferstige þæt ic nat na forgeare hu ic hit þus macige.
- Now I was in the right way in my inward thought, but better will it be that I go out of this town again lest I be too greatly bewildered, and so may not come to my comrades who erewhile sent me here; certainly I have here perceived that the over anxiety of my mind hath here seized me, so that I know not very certainly why I thus act.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
- intent, mind, heart, conscience
Declension
masculine
Declension of ingeþanc (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | inġeþanc | inġeþancas |
accusative | inġeþanc | inġeþancas |
genitive | inġeþances | inġeþanca |
dative | inġeþance | inġeþancum |
neuter
Descendants
- Middle English: inthank, inþoncæ
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