ther cam a damoisel from Morgan le fay and brought vnto syr Arthur a swerd lyke vnto Excalibur , and he thanked her, & wende it had ben so, but she was fals, for the swerd and the scauberd was counterfeet & brutyll and fals.
[ 'wEn ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. Middle English wenen, from Old English wEnan; akin to Old Norse væna to hope and probably to Latin venus love, charm; more at WIN.