"wenan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈweː.nɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian wēna, Old Saxon wānian, Old High German wānen (German wähnen), Old Norse væna, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wēnijaną}} Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną, {{cog|ofs|wēna}} Old Frisian wēna, {{cog|osx|wānian}} Old Saxon wānian, {{cog|goh|wānen}} Old High German wānen, {{cog|de|wähnen}} German wähnen, {{cog|non|væna}} Old Norse væna, {{cog|got|𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan) Head templates: {{ang-verb|wēnan}} wēnan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wēnan<w1>}} Forms: wēnan [canonical], weak [table-tags], wēnan [infinitive], wēnenne [infinitive], wēne [first-person, present, singular], wēnde [first-person, past, singular], wēnest [present, second-person, singular], wēnst [present, second-person, singular], wēndest [past, second-person, singular], wēneþ [present, singular, third-person], wēnþ [present, singular, third-person], wēnde [past, singular, third-person], wēnaþ [plural, present], wēndon [past, plural], wēne [present, singular], wēnde [past, singular], wēnen [plural, present], wēnden [past, plural], wēn [imperative, past, present, singular], wēnaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wēnende [imperative, present], wēned [imperative, past], ġewēned [imperative, past]
  1. to think (be of a certain opinion)
    Sense id: en-wenan-ang-verb-jdLdMlne
  2. to expect (+ genitive)
    Sense id: en-wenan-ang-verb-523ruRoG
  3. (poetic) to hope Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-wenan-ang-verb-Gq1PvyM1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forwēnan Related terms: wēn (english: expectation), wēna (english: opinion)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "forwēnan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wenen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wenen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wenen"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wen",
            "3": "wene",
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          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wen, wene, ween",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wen, wene, ween"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ween"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ween",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ween"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wēna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wēna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "wānian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon wānian",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wānen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wānen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wähnen"
      },
      "expansion": "German wähnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "væna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse væna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian wēna, Old Saxon wānian, Old High German wānen (German wähnen), Old Norse væna, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "wēnan",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēndest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēneþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēndon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewēned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "wēnan"
      },
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      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wēnan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "expectation",
      "word": "wēn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "opinion",
      "word": "wēna"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I think so.",
          "text": "Iċ wēne swā.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I think I know where your keys are.",
          "text": "Iċ wēne þæt iċ wite hwǣr þīna cǣġa sīen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What do you guys think of us all meeting up somewhere?",
          "text": "Hwæt wēnaþ ġē be þām þe wē ealle hwǣrhwugu ġemēten?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to think (be of a certain opinion)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wenan-ang-verb-jdLdMlne",
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let us help ourselves while we can, lest we perish when we least expect it.",
          "text": "Early 11th century, Wulfstan, \"Secundum Lucam\"\nUton helpan ūre selfra þā hwīle þe wē magon, þȳ lǣs wē forweorðen þonne wē lǣst wēnen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to expect (+ genitive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wenan-ang-verb-523ruRoG",
      "links": [
        [
          "expect",
          "expect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to hope"
      ],
      "id": "en-wenan-ang-verb-Gq1PvyM1",
      "links": [
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) to hope"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweː.nɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wenan"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "forwēnan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wenen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wenen"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
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            "3": "wene",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wen, wene, ween"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
          "expansion": "English: ween",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "English: ween"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "Old Frisian wēna",
      "name": "cog"
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse væna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian wēna, Old Saxon wānian, Old High German wānen (German wähnen), Old Norse væna, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "wēnan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēndest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēneþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēndon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēnende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewēned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wēnan"
      },
      "expansion": "wēnan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wēnan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "expectation",
      "word": "wēn"
    },
    {
      "english": "opinion",
      "word": "wēna"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I think so.",
          "text": "Iċ wēne swā.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I think I know where your keys are.",
          "text": "Iċ wēne þæt iċ wite hwǣr þīna cǣġa sīen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What do you guys think of us all meeting up somewhere?",
          "text": "Hwæt wēnaþ ġē be þām þe wē ealle hwǣrhwugu ġemēten?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to think (be of a certain opinion)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let us help ourselves while we can, lest we perish when we least expect it.",
          "text": "Early 11th century, Wulfstan, \"Secundum Lucam\"\nUton helpan ūre selfra þā hwīle þe wē magon, þȳ lǣs wē forweorðen þonne wē lǣst wēnen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to expect (+ genitive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expect",
          "expect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hope"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) to hope"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweː.nɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wenan"
}

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