forþencan

== Old English == === Etymology === By surface analysis, for- +‎ þenċan === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /forθˈen.t͡ʃɑn/, [forˠðˈen.t͡ʃɑn] === Verb === forþenċan to despise, disdain, distrust ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “for-þencan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.