This week's theme: archaic words. ween (ween) verb tr., intr.
To think, suppose, believe. [From Old English wenan (to expect), from the Indo-European root wen- (to desire or to strive for) that's also the source of wish, win, venerate, venison, Venus, and banya. It's the same word that shows up in "overweening".] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "But well I ween that Gryffyth will never keep troth* with the English." Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings; 1848. [*troth: promise, loyalty] Sponsors' messages: Earn Your MAEd in As Little As 18 months - 100% Online! We've educated educators for more than 100 years! Let us help you! http://DominicanU.com/WS Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quotation. ............................................................................ Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. -Gladys Browyn Stern, writer (1890-1973) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/ween.mp3 Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/ween.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
