From en.wiktionary.org:
[Ween]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from [en], [ang], from [en], from [en], [gem-pro], from [en].
Cognate with [nl], [af], [de].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] Doubt ; conjecture .
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], from [en]. Cognate with [nl], [de].
**** Verb
[past2=wende]
1. [en] To suppose , imagine ; to think , believe .
2. * 1481 , Author unknown (pseudonym Sir [John Mandeville] ), _The travels of Sir John Mandeville_ :
3. *: And when they will fight they will shock them together in a plump; that if there be 20000 men, men shall not WEEN that there be scant 10000.
4. * [6.8]
5. *: 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.
6. * [Acts]
7. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1562 | author=w:John Heywood | title=The proverbs, epigrams, and miscellanies of John Heywood
|passage=Wise men in old time would WEEN themselves fools; Fools now in new
time will WEEN themselves wise.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1677 | author=Thomas Mall | title=A cloud of witnesses
|passage=… for I WEEN he will no longer suffer him to abide among the
adulterous and wicked Generation of this World.}}
1. * [text=But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, <br> Shall wholly do away, I WEEN , <br> The marks of that which once hath been.]
2. * [When I was a lad]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1884 | author=w:W.S. Gilbert | title=w:Princess Ida
|passage=Yet humble second shall be first, I WEEN}}
1. * [18]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1974 | translator=w:Michael Kandel | author=w:Stanisław Lem | title=w:The Cyberiad
|passage=Klapaucius too, I WEEN,<br>Will turn the deepest green<br>To hear
such flawless verse from Trurl’s machine.}}
1. [en] To expect , hope or wish .
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 3
From [en], from [en], from [en]. Cognate with [nl], [de], [is], [fy].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To weep or cry .
2. [en] To lament .
**** References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language (see http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/ween_v2)
*** Etymology 4
**** Verb
[en]
1. [en] .
*** Etymology 5
Abbreviation of wiener dog
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] wiener dog , dachshund
*** Etymology 6
Abbreviation of wiener (penis)
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] penis
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
*** Anagrams
- [nl]
** Low German
*** Verb
[nds]
1. [nds]
** North Frisian
*** Etymology
From [frr], from [frr]. Cognate with [en].
*** Adjective
[frr]
1. [frr] blue
**** Inflection
[fem=ween]
** Woiwurrung
*** Noun
[wyi]
1. [wyi] [1]
*** References
References:
[1]. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
** Wolof
*** Etymology
[wo]
*** Pronunciation
- [wo]
*** Noun
[wi]
1. breast
[wo]