Fore-þencan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fore-þencan

p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht [ = for-þencan] To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, despērāre :-- Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige, oððe for ðære réðan foreþence lest he on account of pleasant fortune should be arrogant, or on account of the affliction should despair, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 18. fore-þencan