† aˈthink, v. Obs.
3–4. Also 3 aþinche, 4 athynke, othenke. pa. tense 3 aþohte.
[Worn-down f. ofthink, f. of- + þyncan to seem: see a- prefix 3.]
impers. it athinks me: it repents me.
| 1250 Lay. 3364 Hofte hit bi-falleþ, Þat eft him aþincheþ [1205 of-þincheþ]. Ibid. 13221 Constantines deaþe, þat him sore a-þohte. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xviii. 89 Sore it me athynketh For þe dede þat I haue done. 1382 Wyclif Gen. vi. 7 It othenkith [5 MSS. athinkith; 1388 repentith] me to haue maad hem. |