Wén
Dizionario Anglo-Sassone Inglese Antico di Bosworth & Toller - wén
Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:
- wén
- The word is also m. (or n.?). I. add: estimation :-- Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones (de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28. Eác Ióhannes stefn geþwǽreþ þám ylcan andgyte in þám ilcan wéne (in aestimationé ista), 332, 21. II. add :-- Ne cýð ðú witod on wén ðín (don't count your chickens before they are hatched] ; wite máran þanc ðæs ðe ðú hæbbe, ðonne ðæs ðe ðú wéne (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush). Pro