“…you go into yon dark house alone—bethink you this might all be an ambush!”

-from an untitled Kull story

yon

yän/

determiner & adverb

literarydialect

determiner: yon; adverb: yon

1. 1.

yonder; that.

pronoun

literarydialect

pronoun: yon

1. 1.

yonder person or thing.

Origin

Old English geon, of Germanic origin; related to German jener ‘that one.’

be•think

bəˈTHiNGk/

verb

formalarchaic

verb: bethink; 3rd person present: bethinks; past tense: bethought; past participle: bethought; gerund or present participle: bethinking

1. think on reflection; come to think.

Origin

Old English bithencan (see be-, think).