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wēne

expect-pres.1sg

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 5
Lemma: wēnan 'expect' (oe-1sg)

wēnan

V

to ween, suppose, think, imagine, opine, believe, expect, hope

originates from: PNWGmc *wānijaną 'to expect, to hope' (wānijaną > wānijan > wą̄nijan > wą̄njan > wēnjan > wēnan) through pnwgmc-to-oe
(source: Ringe 2014:143)
Variations
wǣn 'expect'
Paradigms