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wénan

  • adjective
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wénan, <b>. I.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§47; §122; §163; §285; §530;
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  • ' Ne sint þá eágan þínes módes swá hále swá þú wénst' . . . 'Ic ongyte nú þæt ic ne æom swylc swilce ic wénde,

      Solil. H. 48, 5-10.
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  • Hwæt wénst þú be Gode, Solil. H. 24, 18. (20) with complement :-- Hé wæs hæfd and wéned fram mannum mycelre árfæstnysse

    magnae aestimationis habebatur,

      Gr. D. 326, 24.
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  • Mé sceamað nú þæt ic wénde þæs ðe hyt næs I am ashamed that I supposed what was not, Solil. H. 48, II. (3d) with gen. and complement, (i) adj. in agreement with gen. :-- Him wǽre iéðre ðæ t hé hira ǽr gearra wénde ðonne hé hira ungearra wénde, Past. 433, 30. (ii) phrase :-- Hé ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne uiíe sue diem nouissimum prope esse existimet, Ll. Th. i. 374, 17 : Wlfst. 75, 9. (3b)

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    :-- Bútan þæs ic sódlícost wéne, þat hyt mín sceádwísnes wére,
      Solil. H. 3, 10.
  • Ic wundrige hwí ðú éfre þæs wénan mahte be mannum sáwlum þæt hý nǽran ǽcan,

      62, 23. (4 a) :-- Ðý
    lǽs men wénan ðæt ðú náne næbbe, Prov. K. 76.
  • Tó þám ꝥ sceolde beón wéned ꝥ hé wǽre se cyning

    ut rex esse putaretur.

      Gr. D. 131, 15.
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  • Hé ús benimeð þára nigon dǽla þonne wé lǽst wénað, Ll. Th. i. 196, 7. (la) :-- Beó á getreówra ðonne ðe mon tó wéne, Prov. K. 76. (30)

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    :-- Hé him wénde from Antigones hámfærelte micelra untreówða,
      Ors. 3, II; S. 146, 20.
  • Cóm swá mycel unweder him tó ꝥ hí him ne wéndon þæs lífes,

      Hml. S. 31, 1137.
  • Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce, wén ðé ðonne frófre and áre and gesǽlda,

      Prov. K. 75.
  • Þéh þe hié him leána tó þǽre díéde wénden,

      Ors. 5, 2; S. 218, 18.
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v. for-wénan.
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  • wénan, adj.