A-þencan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-þencean ;

a-þencan

p. -þohte ; pp. -þoht. I. to think out, devise, invent; excogitare :-- Gif we hit mǽgen wihte aþencan if we may devise it in any way, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 2; Gen. 400 : 179; Th. 224, 35; Dan. 146 : Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 28. II. to think, intend; cogi-tare, intendere, velle :-- He ðis ellenweorc ána aþohte to gefremmanne he thought this bold work to perform alone, Beo. Th. 5280; B. 2643. a-þencan