Pinsian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - pinsian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- pinsian
- p. ode To weigh, judge, estimate, consider, examine :-- Geþænce ǽlc man hú swíðe man pinsaþ ða sáwle on dómes dæg, ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge and hý man wegaþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, Wulfst. 239, 26. Hé holrede l pinsode pensavit, cogitavit, Hpt. Gl. 443. 76. Hé sceáwode hine selfne and pinsode he observed and weighed himself, Past. 7, 2; Swt. 51, 15. Pinsige ǽlc mon hiene selfne georne, 10, 2 ; Swt. 63, 18. Pinsiende inquirendo, scrutando, Hpt. Gl. 411, 26. [Lat. pensare.]