英和和英

語源

From Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian wēna, Old Saxon wānian, Old High German wānen (German wähnen), Old Norse væna, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan).

発音

• IPA: /ˈweː.nɑn/
• 韻: -eː.nɑn

動詞

wēnan (West Saxon)

1. to think (be of a certain opinion)

   Iċ wēne swā.

   I think so.

   Iċ wēne þæt iċ wite hwǣr þīna cǣġa sīen.

   I think I know where your keys are.

   Hwæt wēnaþ ġē be þām þe wē ealle hwǣrhwugu ġemēten?

   What do you guys think of us all meeting up somewhere?

2. to expect (+ genitive)
   • Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "Secundum Lucam"

     Uton helpan ūre selfra þā hwīle þe wē magon, þȳ lǣs wē forweorðen þonne wē lǣst wēnen.

     Let us help ourselves while we can, lest we perish when we least expect it.

3. (poetic) to hope
   • 10th century, The Descent into Hell:

     Sōhton sāriġu tū siġebearn godes ǣnne in þæt eorðærn þǣr hī ǣr wiston þæt hine ġehȳddan hæleð Iudea; wēndan þæt hē on þām beorge bīdan sċeolde, āna in þǣre ēasterniht.

     Two sorrowful women sought the God’s only victory-child in that earthen-home where, as they knew before, heroes of Judea hid him; hoped that he should have lingered in that mound, alone in the Easter-eve.

使用する際の注意点

When used to express what is thought or expected, it is always in the subjunctive mood: Iċ wēne þæt þū sīe lēoflīċ ("I think you're lovely").

Conjugation

派生語

• forwēnan

関連する語

• wēn (“expectation”)
• wēna (“opinion”)

派生した語

• Middle English: wenen
  • Scots: wen, wene, ween
  • English: ween

語源

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 文安 (Wén'ān).

固有名詞

Wen'an

1. A county of Langfang, Hebei, China.