English

Alternative forms

• unbethink, onbethink

Verb

umbethink ‎(third-person singular simple present umbethinks, present participle umbethinking, simple past and past participle umbethought)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
2. (reflexive, dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To consider; think about; bethink.

Derived terms

• umbethinking

Scots

Alternative forms

• wmbethink

Etymology

From Middle English umbethenken, from Old English ymbeþencan, ymbþencan ‎(“to think about, consider, deliberate”), from ymb- ‎(“around”) + þencan ‎(“to think”).

Verb

umbethink ‎(third-person singular present umbethinks, present participle umbethinkin, past umbethocht, past participle umbethocht)

1. To call to mind, remember
2. (reflexive) To consider, think about, bethink