Noun: wen
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | wēn |
| Plural | wēne; wēna |
Accusative
| Singular | wēn; wēne |
| Plural | wēne; wēna |
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
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Wēn is þæt eower sum nyte hwæt sy ymbsnidennys. (It is probable that some of you know not what circumcision is.)
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1000. West Saxon Gospels (John, xvii. 26). Ic him cyðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cyþan.
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wen, Old Saxon wan, Old High German wān (German Wahn (“delusion”)), Old Norse ván, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃 (wēns). See: German Nouns '
Wahn', Old Norse Nouns '
ván', Gothic Nouns '
𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃'.
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