Wern vs Ween - What's the difference?
wern | ween |
(obsolete) To refuse.
(label) To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.
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*:And ryght as Arthur was on horsbak / ther cam a damoisel from Morgan le fey and broughte vnto syr Arthur a swerd lyke vnto Excalibur // and sayd vnto Arthur Morgan le fey sendeth here your swerd for grete loue / and he thanked her / & wende it had ben so / but she was fals / for the swerd and the scaubard was counterfeet & brutyll and fals
*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. (Bible) , (w) VIII:
*:Then sayde Peter unto hym: Perissh thou and thy money togedder. For thou wenest that the gyfte of god maye be obteyned with money?
(label) To expect, hope or wish.
As verbs the difference between wern and ween
is that wern is to refuse while ween is to suppose, imagine; to think, believe.As a noun ween is
doubt; conjecture.wern
English
Verb
(en verb)- He is too great a niggard that will wern / A man to light a candle at his lantern. — Chaucer.