† unweenadj.

Forms: Old English unwene, Old English unwoen (Northumbrian), Old English unwoene (Northumbrian), early Middle English unwæne.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle High German unwæne not expected, unlikely, Old Icelandic úvænn hopeless, unpromising, not expected, unlikely (Icelandic óvænn ) < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of ween n. + the Germanic base of a suffix forming adjectives.With sense 2 compare unweened adj. and later unbeween adj.

Obsolete.

1. Without hope, esp. without hope of recovery; despairing.In quot. c1175 with complement in genitive.

ΚΠ

OE Guthlac B 1148 Fond þa hlingendne fusne on forðsiþ frean unwenne, gæsthaligne in godes temple soden sarwylmum.

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 154 Eft he gehælde on oðre stowe anre wydewan sunu þe unwene ða læg.

c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 19 Þe underkyng..bæd ȝeorne þæt he sceolde faren and his sune hælen, þe læȝ þa æt forðsiðe his lifes unwæne.

2. Not expected, unforeseen. Cf. unweened adj. [In quot. lOE in the Old English adverbial phrase of unwēnum unexpectedly (showing use as noun of the adjective in the neuter dative singular, perhaps after classical Latin ex inspērātō).]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [adjective]

unweenOE

unpurveyeda1382

unprovideda1500

unprovised?a1500

improvided1590

unforeseen1651

unforeknown1667

unpredicted1792

unforeboded1818

uncalculated1828

unforetold1846

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark vi. 14 Herodes rex..dicebat quia iohanes baptista resurrexit a mortuis et propterea inopinantur uirtutes in illo : Herodes cynig..cuoeð forðon iohannes ðe fullwihtere eft aras from deadum & forðon unwoen [OE Rushw. unwoene] sint mæht in him.

lOE Prognostics (Hatton) (2007) 301 Gyf him þince þæt he æt forðgewitenum men ahtes onfo, of unwenum him cymeð gestreon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unween
释义	† unweenadj. Forms: Old English unwene, Old English unwoen (Northumbrian), Old English unwoene (Northumbrian), early Middle English unwæne. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle High German unwæne not expected, unlikely, Old Icelandic úvænn hopeless, unpromising, not expected, unlikely (Icelandic óvænn ) < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of ween n. + the Germanic base of a suffix forming adjectives.With sense 2 compare unweened adj. and later unbeween adj. Obsolete. 1. Without hope, esp. without hope of recovery; despairing.In quot. c1175 with complement in genitive. ΚΠ OE Guthlac B 1148 Fond þa hlingendne fusne on forðsiþ frean unwenne, gæsthaligne in godes temple soden sarwylmum. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 154 Eft he gehælde on oðre stowe anre wydewan sunu þe unwene ða læg. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 19 Þe underkyng..bæd ȝeorne þæt he sceolde faren and his sune hælen, þe læȝ þa æt forðsiðe his lifes unwæne. 2. Not expected, unforeseen. Cf. unweened adj. [In quot. lOE in the Old English adverbial phrase of unwēnum unexpectedly (showing use as noun of the adjective in the neuter dative singular, perhaps after classical Latin ex inspērātō).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [adjective] unweenOE unpurveyeda1382 unprovideda1500 unprovised?a1500 improvided1590 unforeseen1651 unforeknown1667 unpredicted1792 unforeboded1818 uncalculated1828 unforetold1846 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark vi. 14 Herodes rex..dicebat quia iohanes baptista resurrexit a mortuis et propterea inopinantur uirtutes in illo : Herodes cynig..cuoeð forðon iohannes ðe fullwihtere eft aras from deadum & forðon unwoen [OE Rushw. unwoene] sint mæht in him. lOE Prognostics (Hatton) (2007) 301 Gyf him þince þæt he æt forðgewitenum men ahtes onfo, of unwenum him cymeð gestreon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.OE
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