noun
Meaning 1
Doubt; conjecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
ween
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Pronunciation
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/ˈwiːn/
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[ˈwɪi̯n]
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homophone: wean
noun
Meaning 2
wiener dog, dachshund
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 3
penis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 4
To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- And right as Arthur was on horseback there came a damosel from Morgan le Fay, and brought unto Sir Arthur a sword like unto Excalibur, and the scabbard, and said unto Arthur, Morgan le Fay sendeth here your sword for great love. And he thanked her, and weened it had been so, but she was false, for the sword and the scabbard were counterfeit, and brittle, and false.
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verb
Meaning 5
To expect, hope or wish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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verb
Meaning 6
To weep or cry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, rare
Examples
- The boy's mother weened day and night.
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verb
Meaning 7
To lament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 8
Misspelling of wean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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History
Etymology
From Middle English wene, from Old English wēn, wēna (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz, *wēnǭ (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh1- (“to strive, love, want, reach, win”). Cognate with Dutch waan (“delusion”), Afrikaans waan (“delusion”), German Wahn (“illusion, false hope”).
Abbreviation of wiener dog
Abbreviation of wiener (penis)
From Middle English wenen, from Old English wēnan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Dutch wanen, German wähnen.
From Middle English weinen (“to wail, lament”), from Old English wānian (“to bewail, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, lament, grieve”). Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, cry”), German weinen (“to weep, cry”), Icelandic veina (“to wail, cry out”), West Frisian weine (“to weep, cry”).