Participles
| Present | þenċende |
| Past | (ġe)þōht |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | þenċe |
| 2nd sing. | þenċest; þencst |
| 3rd sing. | þenċeþ; þencþ |
| 1st plur. | þenċaþ |
| 2nd plur. | þenċaþ |
| 3rd plur. | þenċaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | þōhte |
| 2nd sing. | þōhtest |
| 3rd sing. | þōhte |
| 1st plur. | þōhton |
| 2nd plur. | þōhton |
| 3rd plur. | þōhton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | þenċe |
| 2nd sing. | þenċe |
| 3rd sing. | þenċe |
| 1st plur. | þenċen |
| 2nd plur. | þenċen |
| 3rd plur. | þenċen |
Past
| 1st sing. | þōhte |
| 2nd sing. | þōhte |
| 3rd sing. | þōhte |
| 1st plur. | þōhten |
| 2nd plur. | þōhten |
| 3rd plur. | þōhten |
Imperative
| Singular | þenċ |
| Plural | þenċaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'þencan'
þencan,
Verbs similar to 'þencan'
aþencan,
sencan,
þeccan,
þencean,
þenian,
þennan,
þincan,
þyncan,
aþenian,
bendan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian thenka, Old Saxon thenkian, Old Dutch thenken, Old High German denken, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan). All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*þankijaną', Old Saxon '
thenkian'.
Verbs referencing "þencan"
Scots
think, Scots
hink.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ þenċe, for þȳ iċ eom. (I think, therefore I am.)
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Ne magon wē þenċan þæt wē seċġan ne magon. (We cannot think what we cannot say.)
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Betere is þæt man þenċe tō swīðe þonne tō lȳt. (It's better to think too much than too little.)
Cognates
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