Ge-wénan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wénan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-wénan
- Add I. to think, suppose :-- Nallað giwoena ꝥte ic forhyccende sié iówih nolite putare quia ego accusaturus sim uos, Jn. R. 5, 45. Gewénede forþrǽste putabantur obtruncata, An. Ox. 803. II. to think probable, expect :-- Ne ꝥ gewoene ꝥ mæge styrnisse giworða that a tumult need not be expected; ne forte tumultus fieret, Mk. R. 14, 2. III. to hope for :-- Þá hwíle ðe ðǽr bið gewéned ǽnig behreówsung, Hml. Th. ii. 340, 6. [Goth. ga-wénjan aestimare: O. H. Ger. ge-wánen putare.]