beþencan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to think about, consider; bethink, bear in mind
- to trust, entrust, confide
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną prefix from Old English þenċan (think).
Origin
Old English
þenċan
Gloss
think
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
思, 考
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedenken German
- denken German
- *biþankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þankijaną Proto-Germanic
- beþenċan Old English
- foreþencan Old English
- geondþencan Old English
- geþencan Old English
- ymbþencan Old English
- þeaht Old English
- þenċan Old English
- thinken Middle English
- pidenken Old High German
- bedenken Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *bithenkan Old Dutch
- bithanka Old Frisian