winter

Meaning

1. winter

   ...þis ēalond hafað myċele lengran dagas on sumera, ⁊ swā ēac nihta on wintra, þonne ðā sūðdǣlas middanġeardes.

   ...this island has much longer days in the summer, and equally longer nights in the winter, than the southern parts of the world..

   late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

2. year

   Iċ ðē seċġe lxxx wintra of ðām trēowcynne ðe is nemned Sem.

   I tell thee, eighty years, of the wood that is called Sem

   The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn

Declension