† umthink, v. Obs.
Also 4 vmthinc(k, 5 Sc. wmthink; 4–6 vmthynk(e, 6 vnþ-.
[f. um- + think v.2 Cf. WFris. omtinke, MSw. omtänkia, older Da. omtænke, obs. Icel. umþenkja, MLG. ummedenken, OE. ymbþencan. See also umbethink v.]
1. intr. To bethink, consider, reflect. Also const. of, or with inf.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 717 Sathan..vmthoght o þat thing to stint þat godd til ending god had mint. Ibid. 23709 (Edinb.), Quasum graiþeli wil vmþink, Þis werd es fals and ful of swink. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxi. 28 Þe kirke of all þe warld sall vmthynke of God, for þai had forgetyn him: & swa vmthynkand, þai sall be turnyd till him. |
b. In pa. pple. Having taken thought.
| c 1340 Hampole Psalter, Cant. Mariæ 9 He receyfyd israel his barne, vmthouȝt [L. recordatus] of his mercy. |
2. refl. To bethink (oneself). Also const. of, or with obj. clause or inf.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 529 If þow wil þe vm-think, Þow may þam find with litul suink. Ibid. 5722 He vmthoght him in his hert Of his hiht lang siþen es gan. c 1325 Metr. Hom. (1862) 79 He umthoght him what was best, How he might this ilk nonne fange. c 1340 Hampole Psalter ix. 12 Sekand þe blode of þaim he has vmthoght him. Ibid. He has vmthoght him to glorifie his seruantes. a 1400 New Test. (Paues) Acts xi. 16 Forsoþe I vmþoghte me of þo wordes of oure Lorde. c 1440 Alph. Tales 31 ‘Son, vmthynk þe if þou hafe dissayvid any man be þis stane.’ And at þis wurde he vmthoght hym & said [etc.]. Ibid. 351 Þat evur when he lukid þer-vppon, he sulde vmthynk hym of his dead. 15.. Chester Pl. xxiv. 430 (MS. Bodley 175), How durst you euer doo amisse When you vnþought you of þis? |