vbl. sb. [f. prec. + -ING1.] The action of thinking, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
1340. Ayenb., 233. Þou sselt louye god … mid al þine beþenchinge wyþoute uoryetinge.
a. 1520. Myrr. Our Ladye, 246. Sorowe … that came of the bethynkynge of payne and of dethe.
1592. Shaks., Ven. & Ad., 1024. Trifles vnwitnessed … Thy coward heart with false bethinking greeues.
1873. Mrs. Whitney, Other Girls, xxi. 290. The footstep suddenly checked; then, as if with … swift bethinking, it went by.
