From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], equivalent to [en].
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en] [en]
2. * [year=1890]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
[enm] From [enm][1]
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Verb
[1=thinketh]
1. To think , ponder ; to deduce , figure out ; to grasp , understand .
2. * {{ quote-text | enm | year=c. 1450 | title=Prose Merlin
|passage=And in the menewhile that thei THOUGHTEN upon these thinges that thei
hadde seyn, the squyer com the thridde tyme and smote his lorde sorer than he
hadde don before.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | enm | year=1589 | author=w:George Peele | title=An Eclogue Gratulatory
|passage=And for their mistress, THOUGHTEN the two swains,<br>They moughten
never take too mickle pains;}}
1. To pray .
2. To conceive of, imagine .
3. To recall , remember .
4. To reach a conclusion , to decide , resolve ; to accept , believe ; to consider , regard .
5. To focus on, pay attention to.
6. To plot , scheme ; to anticipate , expect .
7. * {{ quote-text | enm | year=c. 1500 | title=The Turke and Sir Gawain
|passage=All the giants THOUGHTEN then<br>To have strucke out Sir Gawaines
braine.}}
1. To be sorry .
2. To feel .
**** Conjugation
[c=irr]
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=thinken]
[enm] [enm]