Ween

Quick meaning: Ween is a noun meaning (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To weep or cry.

Meaning

(Northern England, Scotland, rare) To weep or cry.

More Meanings

1. Misspelling of wean.
2. (obsolete) Doubt; conjecture.
3. (archaic) To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.
4. (dated) To expect, hope or wish.
5. (obsolete) To lament.
6. (slang) wiener dog, dachshund
7. (slang) penis

Example Sentences

Yet humble second shall be first, I ween

And that junior partnership, I ween, Was the only ship that I ever had seen.

Wise men in old time would ween themselves fools; Fools now in new time will ween themselves wise.

… for I ween he will no longer suffer him to abide among the adulterous and wicked Generation of this World.

Word Forms

• weens
• weening
• weened

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