But ye men semen to geten yow a perdurabletee, whan ye thenken that, in tyme to-cominge, your fame shal lasten.
What I schalthenken in this cas 3050 Of that I hiere now aday, I not: bot he which can and may, Be reson bothe and be nature The help of every mannes cure, He kepe Simon fro the folde.
With holy tales thei devise How meritoire is thilke dede Of charite, to clothe and fede The povere folk and forto parte The worldes good, bot thei departe Ne thenken noght fro that thei have.
Tale, F 537, Chaucer tells us that 'A trew wight and a theef thenken nat oon,' i.
That hath betid for swich untrouthe, As men may ofte in bokes rede, 385 And al day seen hit yet in dede, That for to thenken hit, a tene is.
But sooth is seyd, gon sithen many a day, "A trew wight and a theef thenken nat oon.
A ful gret fool is any conseillour, That serveth any lord of heigh honour, That dar presume, or ellesthenken it, That his conseil sholde passe his lordes wit.
Wel litel thenken ye up-on my wo, That for your love I swete ther I go.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thenken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
