Wel worth of dremes ay thise olde wyves, And treweliche eek augurie of thise foules; 380 For fere of which men wenen lese her lyves, As ravenes qualm, or shryking of thise oules.
And at the lullyng of oure lady The wymmen to lyken, And miracles of mydwyves, And maken wymmen to wenen That the lace of oure Lady smok Lighteth hem of children.
Men shal nat wenen every-thing a lye For that he seigh it nat of yore ago.
And yet they wenen for to been ful wyse That serven love, for aught that may bifalle!
Many also wenen that in the sonne and the moone and other 25 sterres love shulde ben founden; for among al other planettes moste soveraynly they shynen, as dignitees in reverence of estates rather than good han and occupyen.
These be thinges that menwenen to getten outforth,' quod I.
Certes, trewe lovers 105 wenen ever therof to litel to have.
And there the vaylance of men is demed in richesse outforth, wenen 85 me[n] to have no proper good in them-selfe, but seche it in straunge thinges.
And they that wenen for sorowe of you deye, the pite of your false herte is flowe out of towne.
Here herte, here yhe is overal, And wenen every man be thief, To stele awey that hem is lief; 440 Thus thurgh here oghne fantasie Thei fallen into Jelousie.
But how brode sheweth the errour and the folye of yow men, that wenen that any thing may ben aparailed with straunge aparailements!
And many folk mesuren and gessen that sovereyn good be Ioye and gladnesse, and wenen that it be right blisful thing to ploungen hem in voluptuous delyt.
And at the laste, so as alle medes ben 25 requered for men wenen that they ben goode, who is he that wolde deme, that he that is right mighty of good were part-les of mede?
But for to wenen that god purvyeth the thinges to comen for they ben to comen, what other thing is it but for to wene that thilke thinges that bitidden whylom ben causes of thilke soverein purvyaunce that is in god?
For richesses, that men wenen sholde make suffisaunce, they 60 maken a man rather han nede of foreyne help!
Ne I ne proeve nat thilke same resoun, as who seyth, I ne alowe nat, or I ne preyse nat, thilke same resoun, by 20 which that som men wenen that they mowen assoilen and unknitten the knotte of this questioun.
For therby wenenthey to han suffisaunce, honour, power, renoun, and gladnesse.
They wenen al be love, if oon be hoot; Do wey, do wey, they woot no-thing of this!
And the thinges eek that men wenen ne haven none sowles, 95 ne desire they nat ech of hem by semblable resoun to kepen that is hirs, that is to seyn, that is acordinge to hir nature in conservacioun of hir beinge and enduringe?
For sin that richesses ne may nat al don awey nede, but richesses maken nede, what may it thanne be, that ye wenen that richesses mowen yeven you suffisaunce?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wenen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
