WEN

Etymology 1

Noun

wen (plural wens)

A cyst on the skin.

Etymology 2

Noun

wen (plural wens)

a runic letter later replaced by w

Etymology 3

Adverb

wen (not comparable)

(eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when

Conjunction

wen

(eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when

Pronoun

wen

(eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when

Noun

wen (uncountable)

(eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when

Anagrams

• New, new, new-

Proper noun

Wen

A common surname of east Asian derivation.

Anagrams

• New, new, new-

Source: Wiktionary


Wen, n. Etym: [AS. wenn; akin to D. wen, LG. wenne.] (Med.)

Definition: An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.

Wyn, Wynn, n. Also Wen. [AS. wen.]

Definition: One of the runes adopted into the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, alphabet. It had the value of modern English w, and was replaced from about a. d. 1280 at first by uu, later by w.

X.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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