wenan

Meaning

1. to think (be of a certain opinion)

   Iċ wēne swā.

   I think so.

2. to expect (+ genitive)

   Uton helpan ūre selfra þā hwīle þe wē magon, þȳ lǣs wē forweorðen þonne wē lǣst wēnen.

   Let us help ourselves while we can, lest we perish when we least expect it.

   Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "Secundum Lucam"

3. to hope

   Sōhton sāriġu tū siġebearn godes ǣnne in þæt eorðærn þǣr hī ǣr wiston þæt hine ġehȳddan hæleð Iudea; wēndan þæt hē on þām beorge bīdan sċeolde, āna in þǣre ēasterniht.

   Two sorrowful women sought the God’s only victory-child in that earthen-home where, as they knew before, heroes of Judea hid him; hoped that he should have lingered in that mound, alone in the Easter-eve.

   10th century, The Descent into Hell:

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