† ofˈthink, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ofþyncan, 2–3 -þunche(n (ü), -þinche, 3–4 -þinke, -þenke, 4 -þynke, -thenche, 4 othynke, 5 othenkyn; 3rd sing. 1 ofþyncþ, 2 ofþincþ, 3 -thencheþ, -thenkth, 3–4 -thinkeþ, -þynketh. pa. tense 1–2 ofþuhte, 2 -þuchte, -þouhte, 3 -þoȝte, -þouȝte, -thoȝte, 5 othoȝte. See also athink.
[OE. ofþyncan, f. of-1 + þyncan to seem fit, to seem: see think v.2]
1. To seem not good; to displease, vex, grieve. Chiefly used impersonally, with dative of person, and genitive of thing, or that.
| Beowulf 2035 Mæᵹ þæs þonne ofþyncan ðeoden Heaðobeardna. c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxv. §4 Ða sceolde þam gigantum of þyncan þæt he hæfde hiera rice. c 893 ― Oros. ii. v. §4 Him þa ofþyncendum ðæt his folc swa forslaᵹen wæs. c 897 ― Gregory's Past. xxi. 161 Ðonne him hiera [scylda] na ne ofðyncð. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 86 Him ðæs slæpes ofþuhte. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 55 Þenne ofþuncheð hit him sare. Ibid. 157 Hom ofþuchte þet þis orliche lif hom to longe leste. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 759 Hit of þouȝte þe luþer quene Þat hire fader adde to muche. c 1300 Beket 1001 Ous hit ofthinketh sore. |
2. impers. To cause (one) grief or regret (to have done something); to ‘repent’.
| c 1000 Ecgbert. Confess. Proem in Thorpe Laws II. 130 Ofþinceð þe ealles þe ðu to yfele hæfst ᵹeworht? c 1000 ælfric Gen. vi. 7 Me of-þincþ þæt ic hiᵹ worhte. c 1000 ælfric Gram. xxxiii. (Z.) 207 Poenitet, me ofþincþ. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 225 Him of-þuhte þat he efre mancinn ȝesceop. a 1200 Moral Ode 164 Gif him her of-þincþ his gult. Ibid. 271 Þo þe ofþouhte sore her here misdeden. c 1205 Lay. 3364 Eft hit him of-þincheð [c 1275 aþincheþ]. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1249 Sore ofþinkþ it me Þat ich abbe vor oure Kinges loue iholde aȝen þe. Ibid. 3409 Sone dawes hom of þoȝte hor prute. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 987 (1043) Yet me of-þynketh [v.r. mathynketh = m'oþynkeþ] þat þis auaunt me a-sterte. 1382 Wyclif Exod. xiii. 17 Lest perauenture it shoulde othenkyn hym [1388 repente the puple]. ― Jer. iv. 28 It othoȝte not me [1388 repentide not me]. |
b. (with personal subj.) To grieve, be sorry; to repent.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 118 Do ase deð þe pellican: of þunche hit swuðe sone. c 1250 Death 2 in O.E. Misc. 168 I-hereð of one þinge that ȝe ohen of þenche. c 1325 Spec. Gy Warw. 539 He þer-after of-þinkeþ sore And þer-of crieþ merci and ore. 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. xxxii. 24 Aftir thi deede thou shalt not othynke [1388 repente]. |
Hence † ofˈthinking (in 3 ofþunchunge) vbl. n., displeasure, vexation, disgust, grief, sorrow.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 200 Þe þridde kundel is Of-þunchunge of oðres god. c 1230 Hali Meid. 7 Aȝaines an likinge habben twa of þunchunges. |