(beorhtre bōte) wēnan (_to expect, count
on, a brilliant_ [?
on, a brilliant_ [?
Beowulf
See
or-wēna.
wēnan, w. v. , _to ween, expect, hope_: 1) absolutely; pres. sg. I. þæs ic
wēne (_as I hope_), 272; swā ic þē wēne tō _(as I hope thou wilt_: Bēowulf
hopes Hrōðgār will now suffer no more pain), 1397. --2) w. gen. or acc.
pres. sg. I. þonne wēne ic tō þē wyrsan ge-þinges, 525; ic þǣr heaðu-fȳres
hātes wēne, 2523; III. secce ne wēneð to Gār Denum (_weeneth not of contest
with the Gar-Danes_), 601; inf.
(beorhtre bōte) wēnan (_to expect, count
on, a brilliant_ [? _a lighter penalty_] _atonement_), 157; pret. pl. þæs
ne wēndon ǣr witan Scyldinga þæt . . . _the wise men of the Scyldings weened
not of this before, that_. . . ), 779; þæt hig þæs æðelinges eft ne wēndon þæt
hē . . . sēcean cōme _(that they looked not for the atheling again that he_
. . . _would come to seek_ .
or-wēna.
wēnan, w. v. , _to ween, expect, hope_: 1) absolutely; pres. sg. I. þæs ic
wēne (_as I hope_), 272; swā ic þē wēne tō _(as I hope thou wilt_: Bēowulf
hopes Hrōðgār will now suffer no more pain), 1397. --2) w. gen. or acc.
pres. sg. I. þonne wēne ic tō þē wyrsan ge-þinges, 525; ic þǣr heaðu-fȳres
hātes wēne, 2523; III. secce ne wēneð to Gār Denum (_weeneth not of contest
with the Gar-Danes_), 601; inf.
(beorhtre bōte) wēnan (_to expect, count
on, a brilliant_ [? _a lighter penalty_] _atonement_), 157; pret. pl. þæs
ne wēndon ǣr witan Scyldinga þæt . . . _the wise men of the Scyldings weened
not of this before, that_. . . ), 779; þæt hig þæs æðelinges eft ne wēndon þæt
hē . . . sēcean cōme _(that they looked not for the atheling again that he_
. . . _would come to seek_ .
