Ween
Ween , intransitive verb
[Old English wenen, Anglo-Saxon w{not transcribed}nan, from w{not transcribed}n hope, expectation, opinion; akin to Dutch waan, OFries. w{not transcribed}n, Old Saxon & Old High German wān, German wahn delusion, Icelandic vān hope, expectation, Gothic w{not transcribed}ns, and Dutch wanen to fancy, German wahnen, Icelandic vāna to hope, Gothic w{not transcribed}njan, and perhaps to English winsome, wish.]
To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obsolete or Poetic] — Spenser. Milton
I have lost more than thou wenest.
For well I ween,
Never before in the bowers of light
Had the form of an earthly fay been seen.
Though never a dream the roses sent
Of science or love's compliment,
I ween they smelt as sweet.