For-þencan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

for-þencan

p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht To misthink, disdain, despise, distrust, despair; dedignāri, diffīdĕre :-- Ðæt is nú git ðínre unrihtwísnesse ðæt ðú eart fullneáh forþoht; ac ic nolde dæt ðú ðé forþohtest; forðam se se ðe hine forþencþ, se biþ ormód it is still thy fault that thou art almost despaired; but I was unwilling that thou shouldest distrust thyself; for he who distrusts himself is without courage, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 15-18. He lǽrde ðæt ða þearfan hý ne forþohton he taught that they should not despise the poor, Ps. Th. arg. 48. He fela worda spræc, forþoht þearle he uttered many words, greatly despaired, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 163; Met. 1, 82. [Ger. ver-denken to think wrong, blame.]

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