Participles
| Present | ġeþenċende |
| Past | ġeþōht |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġeþenċe |
| 2nd sing. | ġeþenċest; ġeþencst |
| 3rd sing. | ġeþenċeþ; ġeþencþ |
| 1st plur. | ġeþenċaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġeþenċaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġeþenċaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġeþōhte |
| 2nd sing. | ġeþōhtest |
| 3rd sing. | ġeþōhte |
| 1st plur. | ġeþōhton |
| 2nd plur. | ġeþōhton |
| 3rd plur. | ġeþōhton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġeþenċe |
| 2nd sing. | ġeþenċe |
| 3rd sing. | ġeþenċe |
| 1st plur. | ġeþenċen |
| 2nd plur. | ġeþenċen |
| 3rd plur. | ġeþenċen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġeþōhte |
| 2nd sing. | ġeþōhte |
| 3rd sing. | ġeþōhte |
| 1st plur. | ġeþōhten |
| 2nd plur. | ġeþōhten |
| 3rd plur. | ġeþōhten |
Imperative
| Singular | ġeþenċ |
| Plural | ġeþenċaþ |
Verbs similar to 'geþencan'
beþencan,
geþyncan,
aþencan,
beþeccan,
gecennan,
geiecan,
gelendan,
gemengan,
gereccan,
gesecan,
Etymology
From ġe- + þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *gaþankijan. Cognate with Old Saxon githenkian, Old High German gidenken (German gedenken). See: German, old spelling '
gedenken'.
Sample Sentences
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Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld
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for hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce (Thus I cannot think over through this world
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why would (not) my heart darken) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Cognates
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