• IPA^(key):/on moːd beˈrin.nɑn/

onmōdberinnan

1. tooccur (of a thought or idea):come to mind,cross one's mind
   • c. 900,Werferth,translation of theDialogues of Gregory

     Ān wundor iċ wille seċġan þæt mē nūon mōd berann.

     I want to tell you about one miracle that justoccurred to me.

   • c. 992,Ælfric'spreface to his first book of homilies

     Þāberann mēon mōd þæt iċ þās bōc of Lǣdenum ġereorde tō Englisċre sprǣċe āwende.

     Then itoccurred to me that I should translate this book from Latin into English.

   • c. 992,Ælfric,"The Second Sunday After Pentecost"

     Siþþan sē rīċa wearþ orwēne his āgenre ālīesednesse, þāberann himon mōd his ġebrōðra ġemynd.

     When the rich man had lost hope that he would ever escape, the memory of his brotherscame to hismind.

   • c. 996,Ælfric'sLives of Saints

     Wē sċulon seċġan be þǣre snotoran Petronellan þæs ēadigan Petres dehter, ac ūsberann þison mōd.

     We have to speak about Saint Peter's wise daughter Petronilla, but thiscrossed ourminds.

• If something comes to mind that one knows already, the phraseon ġemynd cuman (literally "come into memory") might be used instead.