Ymb-þencan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ymb-þencan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ymb-þencan
p. -þóhte To consider :-- On óðre wísan sint tó manienne ða ðe mid fǽrlíce luste bióð oferswíðde, on óðre ða ðe lange ymbþenceaþ and ðeahtiaþ and swá weorðaþ beswicene aliter admonendi sunt, qui repentina concupiscentia superantur, atque aliter qui in culpa ex consilio ligantur, Past. 56; Swt. 429, 34. Ic ymbðóhte decernam, Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 3. Ne beó gé ymbeþencende hú oððe hwæt gé specon nolite solliciti esse qualiter aut quid respondeatis, Lk. Skt. 12, 11. [Þatt te birrþ ummbeþennkenn hu þu mihht cwemenn þin Drihhtin, Orm. 1240. He umthoght him what was best, Met. Homl. 79, 26.] ymb-þencan
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