gewinn

Meaning

1. war

   Ġewinn is hell, and hell nǣfre ne went.

   War is hell, and hell never changes.

2. battle

   On þām ġewinne, ⁊ on moneġum oþrum æfter þǣm, Hannibal ġecȳþde þone nīþ ⁊ þone hete þe hē beforan his fæder ġeswōr, þā hē nigonwintre cniht wæs, þæt hē næfre ne wurde Rōmana frēond.

   In that battle, and in many others after that, Hannibal proved the hatred and hostility that he swore before his father when he was a nine-year-old boy, that he would never become a friend of the Romans.

   late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

3. warfare

   ...ac hi þurhwunodon swa þeah on þam gewinne oð deað.

   ...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"

4. conflict, struggle

5. labour, toil

6. gain, profit

Declension