† ofthinkv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. Chiefly impersonal or with non-referential it as subject, with genitive or that clause. To seem not good to; to be displeasing, vexing, etc., to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease
mislikeeOE
ofthinkeOE
misquemeOE
likec1175
forthinka1225
mispay?c1225
annoyc1300
there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300
unpay1340
offenda1382
to be displeasedc1386
to step or tread on the toes ofc1394
mispleasea1400
unlikea1425
edgec1450
injurea1492
discontenta1513
disdain1530
to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535
displeasure1541
mis-set?1553
dislike1578
to tread on any one's heels or toes1710
flisk1792
unentrance1834
to tread on any one's cornsa1855
umbragea1894
eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxi. 161 Ðonne him hiera [scylda] na ne ofðyncð.
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. v. 46 Him þa ofþyncendum þæt his folc swa forslagen wæs.
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxv. 98 Þa [sceolde] þæm gigantum ofþincan þæt he hæfde hiera rice.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) v. 221 Gif he hwon hnappode þærrihte hine drehton nihtlice gedwimor, swa þæt him þæs slæpes ofþuhte.
OE Beowulf 2032 Mæg þæs þonne ofþyncan ðeoden [perh. read ðeodne] Heaðo-Beardna.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1127 Hit ofþuhte naþema ealle Frencisc & Englisc.
a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 157 (MED) Hom ofþuchte þet þis orliche lif hom to longe leste.
a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 164 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 169 Gif him her of-þincþ his gult.
a1250 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Galba) (transcript of damaged MS) (1955) 117 Ac efre him ofþincheþ [v.r. of-þinket] hwanne he of þe þencheþ.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 759 Hit of þouȝte þe luþer quene Þat hire fader adde to muche.
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 3574 (MED) Many of hem it dude of-þynk.
a1450 St. Francis (Bodl.) 66 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 313 (MED) Þe strong pine þat he þoled franceys sore of-þouȝt.
2.
a. transitive. impersonal or with non-referential it as subject, with genitive or that clause. To cause (one) grief or regret; = repent v. 2b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (intransitive)] > feel remorse
ofthinkOE
reusieOE
overthinkc1175
(it) forthinks (me, him, etc.)a1300
forthinkc1380
ruea1400
remordc1450
to rue the day (also hour)c1461
repoin1523
remorse1530
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > be repentant or contrite [verb (intransitive)]
rueOE
i-rewOE
ofthinkOE
again-chareOE
reusieOE
overthinkc1175
beetc1200
it athinks me1250
to do (also make, etc.) (one's) penancea1300
(it) forthinks (me, him, etc.)a1300
repentc1300
forthinkc1380
remordc1450
repoin1523
remorse1530
to take the rue1789
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) i. 185 Him ofþuhte þæt he æfre mancyn gesceop.
OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) vi. 7 Me ofðingð soðlice ðæt ic hi worhte.
OE Confessionale Pseudo-Egberti (Junius) 170 Ofðinceð þe ealles þæs [þe] ðu to yfele geworht hæfst and geþoht and gecweden?
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 1680 Eft hit him of-þincheð [c1300 Otho aþincheþ].
c1300 St. Edward Elder (Laud) 162 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 51 (MED) Hire of-þouȝte [a1325 Corpus Cambr. ofþoȝte], þo he swuch man was, þat he him let so quelle.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1249 (MED) Sore ofþinkþ it me Þat ich abbe vor oure kinges loue iholde aȝen þe.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Exod. xiii. 17 Lest perauenture it shulde othenkyn hym [a1425 L.V. repente the puple].
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) i. 1043 Yet me of-þynketh þat þis auaunt me asterte.
c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.) 171 (MED) And ȝut hym of þoȝte sone þat he was hem so hende.
b. transitive. To grieve over, be sorry for; to repent of. Also occasionally intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
careOE
mournOE
ofthink?c1225
to make sorrow?c1250
to make languorc1300
bemoanc1305
plainc1325
moanc1330
wailc1330
waymentc1350
complainc1374
to make syte?a1400
sweam14..
lamentc1515
bemournc1540
regratec1550
to sing sol-fa, sorrow, woe1573
condole1598
passion1598
deplore1632
ochone1829
rune1832
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
bemournOE
mournOE
bemoanc1000
ofthink?c1225
bequeatha1325
moana1325
plain1340
wail1362
bewailc1374
complainc1374
waymenta1400
grievec1400
sorrowa1425
regratec1480
lament1535
deplore1567
dole1567
condole1607
pine1667
rave1810
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 95 Do as deð þe pellican ofþunche hit swiðe sone.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 100 After þa feourðer ȝere he was dead; his freonden hit of-þuhten.
c1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 50 (MED) Ihereð of one þinge þat ȝe ohen of þenche.
c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) 539 (MED) He þer-after of-þinkeþ sore And þer-of crieþ merci and ore.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxii. 24 Aftir thi deede thou shalt not othynke [a1425 L.V. repente].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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