Middle English Dictionary Entry
wẹ̄ning(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | wẹ̄ning(e ger.(2) |
| Etymology | From wẹ̄nen v.(2); also cp. OE wēning. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Supposition, opinion, idle fancy; a supposition, an opinion; fals ~; ful (of) ~, opinionated; to ~, in (someone’s) opinion;
(b) hope, expectation, anticipation; the act of expecting; also, intention; the act of intending to do something;
(c) presumption, conceit; wrong ~;
(d) understanding; judgment;
(e) doubt; at (in) ~;
(f) the giving of a false impression, dissembling.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1958 : Wenyng beguileth many a man.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2267 : It may to him noght wel betide Which useth thilke vice of Pride, Which torneth wisdom to wenynge.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.33 : Wenynge is no wysdome, ne wyse ymagynacioun.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46a/a : Op[i]nio: weninge [Cnt: putamen].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46a/a : Opinosus: ful of wenynge [Cnt: full of demyng; Pep: Opiniosus: full Wynnynge].
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.58 : Thei wene that this world and God ben makid togidre eterne, and that is a wrongful wenynge.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)87/25 : He schal be vndirnome of vnriȝtwiisnesse…in deemynge and fals wenynge þat his myserye and synne was moore þan my mercy.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)522 : Wenynge, or supposynge: Supposicio, estimacio.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)330 : Wenynge doth ofte harme withoute lye.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)57 : A burdoun yrened weyeth more than thilke that is vn yrened; Vn yrened j took it thee, for to my weenynge thou shuldest bere it the bettere.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)487 : An olde proverbe: in a bushel of wenynge Is not fownde one handfulle of connynge.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)1770 : Whiche is þe souerienst thing To man or beest, to þi wening?
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)21/76 : False wening maketh felicite therin to be supposed, but suche caytives as I am evermore ben hindred.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1730 : Þai wende haue ioie anouȝ, Certes, it nas nouȝt so; Her wening was al wouȝ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)113/6 : Ne zayþ me naȝt þet hit is substanciel; alsuo me zayþ þet hit is ope substance, þet is, uirtuous and substanciel aboue onderstondigge and wenynge [Vices & V.(2): þenkenges and wenynges].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1946 : Fulofte it hath befalle or this Thurgh hope that was noght certein; Mi wenynge hath be set in vein To triste in thing that halp me noght.
- (1397) RParl.3.379b : As I wyll answere befor Godd, it was my menyng and my wenyng for to have do the best for his persone and for his estate.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)115 : Hit watz a wenyng vn-war þat welt in his mynde.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2766 : So for louers, in her wenyng, Whiche love hath shitte in his prisoun, Good hope is her saluacioun.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7423 : Þer wenyng þat day þey tynt ffor þe Saxons did þem bakward stynt.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)29 : Þei seyen ech of hem to oþer þat þei meene not but good, And so vndir sikirnes of þat meenyng and of þat fals wenyng, þei coueiten ech of hem to handele and fele oþer.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)191/26 : In a chief it aught to be reputed for a grete laude…wysely to can withdrawe and saue his hoost…it is to auenterous hardinesse to expose it to losse and leeue temperaunce and mesure in weenyng to gete the name of manhode and knyghtly prowesse.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)423 : Wenyng to do wel in many caasis is not ynow.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)186/15 : What menith this? Ought ellis but in wenyng to save hymself aparte withedrawe them from the besinesse of the comon wele?
c
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)168/6 : Þes ben grucchers, pleiners, goinge aftur here desires, And here mouþ spekeþ pride, wondringe persones bi cause of weninge.
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)174/16 : This askynge…came as it semeþ of presumpcioun, þat is, wrong wenyng & wrong demynge þat a man haþ of himself.
d
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.992 : Certes, that were an abusioun, That God sholde han no parfit cler wytynge More than we men that han doutous wenynge.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)137b/a : Wenyng: Arbitracio, Autumacio, vbi trowynge.
e
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)595 : Heo stode and speken and weren at wenynge Of vre louerdes aryste.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)8588 : Ye…haue chose som new thing, And wold put me in wenyng That hit were for good Partanope.
f
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)6/10 : Vnder wenynge treuly of hele [L sub estimacione sanctitatis] is hyd oft-tymes dedely woundes.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)78/43 : This armony, this melody, this perdurable joye may nat be in doinge but betwene hevens and elementes, or twey kyndly hertes ful knit in trouth of naturel understonding, withouten weninge and disceit.