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wéna

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wéna, an; m.
supposition, opinion, thought, idea, imagination
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  • Se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna

    hominum fallax opinio,

      Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32.
  • Swá sume wénaþ, ðæt sió sunne dó, ac se wéna nis wuhte ðe sóþra,

      Met. 28, 35.
  • Gewyrd nis nán ðing búton leás wéna. . . . Gé habbaþ nú gehýred be ðan leásan wénan, ðe ýdele men gewyrd hátaþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 114, 13-34.
  • Sume men wénaþ, ðæt . . .: ac gif heora wéna sóþ wǽre, ðonne . . .,

      124, 18.
  • Se ðe wæs Crist geteald mid ungewissum wénan,

      358, 3.
  • Be wénan (

    as a matter of opinion

    ) hí healdaþ God ælmihtigne,
      R. Ben. 135, 24.
  • For dysiges folces wénan

    falsis vulgi opinionibus,

      Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 4.
  • Hé ongeat ðæt hié wǽron onstyrede mid ðæm wénan ðæt hí ðæs endes suá neáh wéndon

    commotos eos vicini finis suspicione cognoverat,

      Past. 32; Swt. 213, 23.
  • Ðæt hié ne lǽten hiera geðeaht and hiera wénan suá feor beforan ealra óðerra monna wénan

    nequaquam cunctorum consilia suae deliberationi postponerent,

      42; Swt. 306, 1 - 2.
  • Gif ðæt ondgit ongiett ðæt hit self dysig sié, ðonne gegrípð hit ðurh ðone wénan ðæt andgit ðære incundan byrhto,

      11; Swt. 69, 21.
  • Hit is betere, ðætte ǽlc mon ádrýge of óðerra monna móde ðone wénan be him ǽlces yfeles

    cum prava aestimatio ab intuentium mente non tergitur,

      59; Swt. 451, 23.
  • Ðá befrán hé, hú woruldmenn be him cwyddedon . . . hé wolde ádwæscan ðone leásan wénan dweligendra manna,

      Homl. Th. i. 366, 8.
  • Wénena

    suspicionum,

      Hpt. Gl. 471, 26.
hope, expectation
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  • Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó ðæs wá, ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde; for ðam ðe se wéna ðé nǽfre lǽt forweorðan,

      Prov. Kmbl. 41.
  • Ætes on wénan,

      Cd. Th. 188, 9; Exod. 165: 119, 25; Gen. 1985: Elen. Kmbl. 1165; El. 584: Exon. Th. 378, 32; Deór. 25. v. preceding word.
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  • wéna, n.