"wœnan" meaning in Old English

See wœnan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwøː.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|wœ̄nan}} wœ̄nan, {{tlb|ang|Anglian}} (Anglian) Inflection templates: {{ang-conj-anglian|wœ̄nan<w1>}} Forms: wœ̄nan [canonical], weak [table-tags], wœ̄nan [infinitive], wœ̄nenne [infinitive], wœ̄nanne [infinitive], wœ̄nu [first-person, present, singular], wœ̄ne [first-person, present, singular], wœ̄nde [first-person, past, singular], wœ̄nes [present, second-person, singular], wœ̄ndes [past, second-person, singular], wœ̄neþ [present, singular, third-person], wœ̄nde [past, singular, third-person], wœ̄naþ [plural, present], wœ̄ndun [past, plural], wœ̄ndon [past, plural], wœ̄ne [present, singular], wœ̄nde [past, singular], wœ̄nen [plural, present], wœ̄nden [past, plural], wœ̄n [imperative, past, present, singular], wœ̄naþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wœ̄nende [imperative, present], wœ̄ned [imperative, past], ġewœ̄ned [imperative, past]
  1. Alternative form of wēnan Tags: Anglian, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wēnan
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wenen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wenen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wenen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ween"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ween",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ween"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wen",
            "3": "wene",
            "4": "ween"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wen, wene, ween",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wen, wene, ween"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wēnijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wēna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wēna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "wānian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon wānian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj-anglian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 Anglian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ndes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄neþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄naþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ndun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ndon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄naþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewœ̄ned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wœ̄nan"
      },
      "expansion": "wœ̄nan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Anglian"
      },
      "expansion": "(Anglian)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wœ̄nan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj-anglian"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wēnan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Anglian Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of wēnan"
      ],
      "id": "en-wœnan-ang-verb-aQOgxbFk",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēnan",
          "wenan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Anglian",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwøː.nɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wœnan"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wenen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wenen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wenen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ween"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ween",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ween"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wen",
            "3": "wene",
            "4": "ween"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wen, wene, ween",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wen, wene, ween"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wēnijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wēna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wēna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "wānian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon wānian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj-anglian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 Anglian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ndes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄neþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄naþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ndun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ndon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄naþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄nende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wœ̄ned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewœ̄ned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wœ̄nan"
      },
      "expansion": "wœ̄nan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Anglian"
      },
      "expansion": "(Anglian)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wœ̄nan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj-anglian"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wēnan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Anglian Old English",
        "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
        "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 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of wēnan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wēnan",
          "wenan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Anglian",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwøː.nɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wœnan"
}

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