wheenadj.n.

Brit.

/wiːn/,

/hwiːn/, U.S.

/(h)win/, Scottish English

/hwin/

Forms: Middle English quheine, qwheyn(e, Middle English–1500s quheyn(e, -en(e, (Middle English qwhayne, 1600s whein, wheene, 1800s whean), 1600s–1800s whin, 1600s– wheen.

Etymology: Represents Old English hwéne (hwœ́ne , hwǽne ) in some degree, somewhat, instrumental case of hwón whon n. and adj. = (a) few, the meanings of which it took over in Middle English.

Scottish and northern dialect.

1. Few, not many.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [adjective]

feweOE

whonc950

litea1000

littleOE

petitc1390

wheenc1400

sobera1535

slim1852

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > few, not many

whonc950

liteOE

fewOE

wheenc1400

penny number1845

c1400 Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 2283 Þe quheyne folk þat ware Liffand.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 605 Quhenar be full fer war thai Than thair fayis.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 247 Thocht thai war qwheyn, thai war worthy.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. iii. 43 On the huge deip quhen salaris did appear.

1557 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 303 Within thir quheyne last immediat yeiris.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) Aa hevn't seen him these wheen days.

absolute.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. vii. 740 Qwhayne had toyme þar aynde to draw.c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 921 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 330 Þe best part of þaim ves slane, &..quheine eschapit.1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 148 So quhene, the psalme and testament to reid W^tin this land was nevir hard nor sene.

2. a wheen (of), a few: (in later use also) = a ‘good few’, a fair number.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of

some fewOE

puckleOE

a litec1290

couple1365

a…or twoa1400

handfulc1443

a wheen (of)1487

and odd1548

sprinkling1561

pair1611

scattering1628

sprinkle1754

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > a large number or multitude

sandc825

thousandc1000

un-i-rimeOE

legiona1325

fernc1325

multitudec1350

hundred1362

abundancec1384

quantityc1390

sight1390

felec1394

manyheada1400

lastc1405

sortc1475

infinityc1480

multiplie1488

numbers1488

power1489

many1525

flock1535

heapa1547

multitudine1547

sort1548

myriads1555

myriads1559

infinite1563

tot-quot1565

dickera1586

multiplea1595

troop1596

multitudes1598

myriad1611

sea-sands1656

plurality1657

a vast many1695

dozen1734

a good few1756

nation1762

vast1793

a wheen (of)1814

swad1828

lot1833

tribe1833

slew1839

such a many1841

right smart1842

a million and one1856

horde1860

a good several1865

sheaf1865

a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869

immense1872

dunnamuch1875

telephone number1880

umpty1905

dunnamany1906

skit1913

umpteen1919

zillion1922

gang1928

scrillion1935

jillion1942

900 number1977

gazillion1978

fuckload1984

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 368 The king..With a quheyn [1489 Adv. quhone] lik poueralȝe, Vencust him vith a gret menȝe.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. vi. 45 Of mony wordis, schortlie, a quhene sall I Declair.

1680 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 45 237 A wheen of..canny wise professors.

1680 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 45 241 A whin knaves.

1682 A. Peden Lord's Trumpet Sounding 20 O sirs! Christ had a whein noble worthies in Scotland.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii. 257 What use has my father for a whin bits o' scarted paper?

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ix. 246 There will be a wheen idle gowks coming to stare at the hole as lang as it is day-light.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 23 I wouldnae like the Balfours to be humbled before a wheen Hieland Campbells.

1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 71 ‘Have the carriers a big load?’ ‘Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.’

3. a wheen as adverbial phr.: A little, somewhat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to a small extent or a little

littlec1175

a litec1290

a little quantityc1330

little whata1387

wee1513

a whit1526

thought1581

a wee bita1661

a small (also little) matter1690

a trifle1859

a wheen1869

a taste1894

smitch1895

a lick1902

mite1939

a skosh1959

a tidge1959

a tad1969

1869 C. Gibbon Robin Gray x The auld wife's a wheen better.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wheen
释义	wheenadj.n. Brit. /wiːn/, /hwiːn/, U.S. /(h)win/, Scottish English /hwin/ Forms: Middle English quheine, qwheyn(e, Middle English–1500s quheyn(e, -en(e, (Middle English qwhayne, 1600s whein, wheene, 1800s whean), 1600s–1800s whin, 1600s– wheen. Etymology: Represents Old English hwéne (hwœ́ne , hwǽne ) in some degree, somewhat, instrumental case of hwón whon n. and adj. = (a) few, the meanings of which it took over in Middle English. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. Few, not many. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [adjective] feweOE whonc950 litea1000 littleOE petitc1390 wheenc1400 sobera1535 slim1852 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > few, not many whonc950 liteOE fewOE wheenc1400 penny number1845 c1400 Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 2283 Þe quheyne folk þat ware Liffand. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 605 Quhenar be full fer war thai Than thair fayis. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 247 Thocht thai war qwheyn, thai war worthy. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. iii. 43 On the huge deip quhen salaris did appear. 1557 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 303 Within thir quheyne last immediat yeiris. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) Aa hevn't seen him these wheen days. absolute.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. vii. 740 Qwhayne had toyme þar aynde to draw.c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 921 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 330 Þe best part of þaim ves slane, &..quheine eschapit.1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 148 So quhene, the psalme and testament to reid W^tin this land was nevir hard nor sene. 2. a wheen (of), a few: (in later use also) = a ‘good few’, a fair number. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of some fewOE puckleOE a litec1290 couple1365 a…or twoa1400 handfulc1443 a wheen (of)1487 and odd1548 sprinkling1561 pair1611 scattering1628 sprinkle1754 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > a large number or multitude sandc825 thousandc1000 un-i-rimeOE legiona1325 fernc1325 multitudec1350 hundred1362 abundancec1384 quantityc1390 sight1390 felec1394 manyheada1400 lastc1405 sortc1475 infinityc1480 multiplie1488 numbers1488 power1489 many1525 flock1535 heapa1547 multitudine1547 sort1548 myriads1555 myriads1559 infinite1563 tot-quot1565 dickera1586 multiplea1595 troop1596 multitudes1598 myriad1611 sea-sands1656 plurality1657 a vast many1695 dozen1734 a good few1756 nation1762 vast1793 a wheen (of)1814 swad1828 lot1833 tribe1833 slew1839 such a many1841 right smart1842 a million and one1856 horde1860 a good several1865 sheaf1865 a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869 immense1872 dunnamuch1875 telephone number1880 umpty1905 dunnamany1906 skit1913 umpteen1919 zillion1922 gang1928 scrillion1935 jillion1942 900 number1977 gazillion1978 fuckload1984 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 368 The king..With a quheyn [1489 Adv. quhone] lik poueralȝe, Vencust him vith a gret menȝe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. vi. 45 Of mony wordis, schortlie, a quhene sall I Declair. 1680 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 45 237 A wheen of..canny wise professors. 1680 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 45 241 A whin knaves. 1682 A. Peden Lord's Trumpet Sounding 20 O sirs! Christ had a whein noble worthies in Scotland. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii. 257 What use has my father for a whin bits o' scarted paper? View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ix. 246 There will be a wheen idle gowks coming to stare at the hole as lang as it is day-light. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 23 I wouldnae like the Balfours to be humbled before a wheen Hieland Campbells. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 71 ‘Have the carriers a big load?’ ‘Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.’ 3. a wheen as adverbial phr.: A little, somewhat. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to a small extent or a little littlec1175 a litec1290 a little quantityc1330 little whata1387 wee1513 a whit1526 thought1581 a wee bita1661 a small (also little) matter1690 a trifle1859 a wheen1869 a taste1894 smitch1895 a lick1902 mite1939 a skosh1959 a tidge1959 a tad1969 1869 C. Gibbon Robin Gray x The auld wife's a wheen better. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1400
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