v. Obs. Also 4 vmthinc(k, 5 Sc. wmthink; 4–6 vmthynk(e, 6 vnþ-. [f. UM- + THINK v.2 Cf. WFris. omtinke, MSw. omtänkia, older Da. omtænke, obs. Icel. umþenkja, MLG. ummedenken, OE. ymbþencan. See also UMBETHINK v.]
1. intr. To bethink, consider, reflect. Also const. of, or with inf.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 717. Sathan … vmthoght o þat thing to stint þat godd til ending god had mint. Ibid., 23709 (Edinb.). Quasum graiþeli wil vmþink, Þis werd es fals and ful of swink.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter xxi. 28. Þe kirke of all þe warld sall vmthynke of God, for þai had forgetyn him: & swa vmthynkand, þai sall be turnyd till him.
b. In pa. pple. Having taken thought.
c. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, Cant. Mariæ, 9. He receyfyd israel his barne, vmthouȝt [L. recordatus] of his mercy.
2. refl. To bethink (oneself). Also const. of, or with obj. clause or inf.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 529. If þow wil þe vm-think, Þow may þam find with litul suink. Ibid., 5722. He vmthoght him in his hert Of his hiht lang siþen es gan.
c. 1325. Metr. Hom. (1862), 79. He umthoght him what was best, How he might this ilk nonne fange.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter ix. 12. Sekand þe blode of þaim he has vmthoght him. Ibid. He has vmthoght him to glorifie his seruantes.
a. 1400. New Test. (Paues), Acts xi. 16. Forsoþe I vmboghte me of þo wordes of oure Lorde.
c. 1440. Alph. Tales, 31. ‘Son, vmthynk þe if þou hafe dissayvid any man be þis stane.’ And at þis wurde he vmthoght hym & said [etc.]. Ibid., 351. Þat evur when he lukid þer-vppon, he sulde vmthynk hym of his dead.
15[?]. Chester Pl., xxiv. 430 (MS. Bodley 175). How durst you euer doo amisse When you vnþought you of þis?
