Middle English Dictionary Entry
ær-wẹ̄ne adj.
Entry Info
Forms | ær-wẹ̄ne adj. |
Etymology | Cp. OE or-wēne 'without hope, desperate' & wēn, wēna 'thought, hope, etc.'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Thoughtless, heedless, careless.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27537 : Wala wa, þat heo neoren war þa..heo weoren to kene & to ær wene, and to swiðe fuhten.