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Definition von forthink im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To regret; repent

To repent, be sorry for

To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex

Sir said Balen me forthynketh of your displeasyr, for this same lady was the untruest lady lyuynge .

To regret

To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret

Etymologie

() From Middle English forthinken, forthynken (“to displease, cause to regret”), corresponding to for- (“mis-”) +‎ think (“to seem, appear”), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”); see methinks. Cognate with Middle High German verdunken (“to displease”), Icelandic forþykkja (“to displease”). Compare also Old English forþencan (“to mistrust, despise, despair”), Dutch verdenken (“to suspect”), German verdenken (“to blame”).