ween

noun

1. (obsolete)Doubt; conjecture.
2. (slang)wiener dog, dachshund
3. (slang)penis

verb

1. (archaic)To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.

   “And when they will fight they will shock them together in a plump; that if there be 20000 men, men shall not ween that there be scant 10000.”

   “And right as Arthur was on horseback there came a damosel from Morgan le Fay, and brought unto Sir Arthur a sword like unto Excalibur, and the scabbard, and said unto Arthur, Morgan le Fay sendeth here your sword for great love. And he thanked her, and weened it had been so, but she was false, for the sword and the scabbard were counterfeit, and brittle, and false.”

   “Then sayde Peter unto hym: Perissh thou and thy money togedder. For thou wenest that the gyfte of god maye be obteyned with money?”

   “Wise men in old time would ween themselves fools; Fools now in new time will ween themselves wise.”

   “… for I ween he will no longer suffer him to abide among the adulterous and wicked Generation of this World.”

2. (dated)To expect, hope or wish.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, rare)To weep or cry.

   “The boy's mother weened day and night.”

4. (obsolete)To lament.
5. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of wean.