wen – Old English noun declension

Noun: wen
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	wēn
Plural	wēne; wēna

Genitive

Singular	wēne
Plural	wēna

Dative

Singular	wēne
Plural	wēnum

Accusative

Singular	wēn; wēne
Plural	wēne; wēna

Sample Sentences

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
Wēn is þæt eower sum nyte hwæt sy ymbsnidennys. (It is probable that some of you know not what circumcision is.)
1000. West Saxon Gospels (John, xvii. 26). Ic him cyðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cyþan.

Nouns inflected like wen

ealdcwen, ben, wen, cwen,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wen, Old Saxon wan, Old High German wān (German Wahn (“delusion”)), Old Norse ván, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃 (wēns). See: German Nouns 'Wahn', Old Norse Nouns 'ván', Gothic Nouns '𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃'.