vbl. sb. Obs. The action of the vb. FORTHINK; also, repentance.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 110. Þet of-þunchung [v.r. forðinchinge] þet he hefde wiðinnen him.
1340. Ayenb., 20. Þet þou nere naȝt digneliche y-diȝt be ssrifþe and by vorþenchinge.
a. 1400. Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867), 8. The thirde sacrement es callede penance, þat es sothefaste for-thynkynge þat we hafe of oure syne with-owttene will or thoughte to turne agayne to it.
1555. Watreman, Fardle Facions, II. xii. 289. Let him sorowe, not with a lighte forthinckinge, but with a moste earneste and bittre repentaunce in the botome of his conscience.
1587. Golding, De Mornay, xvii. 269. The Churchseruice and Cerimonies of al Nations, doe witnesse vnto vs a certeyne forethinking and remorce of sinne against God.
