wen

Etymology 1

From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne.

noun

1. A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
   When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormous wen which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all, but because he had all that to carry. 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Walden
   Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin, wens, sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles. 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Etymology 2

From Old English wynn.

noun

1. Obsolete form of wynn (“the letter ƿ”).

Etymology 3

Eye dialect spelling of when.

adv

1. (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when

conj

1. (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when

pron

1. (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when

noun

1. (eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when