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be-þencan

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Wright's OE grammar
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to think about, consider,
with acc.
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  • Sé þe sóð on his heortan beðencð,

    • R. Ben. 3, 19
    • .
  • Beþencað domes dæg,

    • Wlfst. 228, 31.
  • ꝥ þú beþence ðone rǽdels,

    • Ap. Th. 5, 7.
  • Beþænce hé (cogitet) Godes edleán,

    • R. Ben. 92, 12
    • .
  • Beþænce se fæder þone sunu and se sunu þone fæder bútan yrre,

    • Wlfst. 228, 23
    • .
  • pæt heó beþencen Drihtnes ǽrendgewrit,

    • 230, 33.
  • Hit is earfoðe eall tó gesecganne þæt sé beðencan sceal ðe scíre healt,

    • Angl. ix. 265, 5
    • .
  • Moniga tó biðencanne gehéht

    multa cavenda praecefit.

    • Mt. p. 19, 15.
reflexive:
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  • Be*-*þenc þé

    animadverte,

    • An. Ox. 56, 25.
  • þæt hý hý sylfe georne beþencan . . . þæt hé hyne sylfne beþence,

    • Wlfst. 179, 4-11.
  • Ic eów sumes fyrstes geann ꝥ gé eów sylfe beþencean,

      Hml. S. 23, 188.
  • þæt hí hí beðencan sceoldon.

    • Hml. Thi ii. 424, 15.
with clause
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  • Oð ꝥ hí beðóhton hú hí hine ácwealdon,

    • Hml. S. 15, 59
    • .
  • Beþence hé hine sylfne, and beðence hwæðer hine ne mæge ǽnig man getǽlan,

    • Wlfst. 233, 22
    • .
with prep.
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  • ꝥ hé ǽfre ne beþence ymbe þá hreówsunge

    de poenitentia nunquam cogitare,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 174, 25
    • .
to entrust to (for examples v. Dict.). A curious participial form, which seems related to beþencan, occurs with this sense in the following passage
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  • Seo heordelice gýming tó ðám beran wæs beþancenu

    injungebatur urso cura pastoralis,

    • Gr. D. 206, 15
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. bi-þaggkjan
:
O. L. Ger. bi-thenkian
:
O. Frs. bi-thanka, -thensa
:
O. H. Ger. pi-denchen.
]
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v. ǽr-, un-beþóht.
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