Old English · noun
wynn
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /wynn/[wyn]
- Syllables
- wynn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- wynnwinwinnedelightjoywen
Meaning
-
joy, delight
wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað, hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran, þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.
or friendless me would soothe, allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes, how tough is sorrow as a companion, to whom little has dear confidants for himself.
oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde, -
the runic character (/w/)
ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...
Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...
The Old English rune poem -
the letter wynn: Ƿ, ƿ (/w/)
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wunnju.
Descendants
wen, win, winne, wynn
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