"wynn" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɪn/ Forms: wynns [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪn Etymology: From Middle English wynne, winne, wenne, wunne, wyn, from Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂, from *wenh₁- (“desire, wish, love”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wynne}} Middle English wynne, {{inh|en|ang|wynn|t=joy, pleasure}} Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wunnju}} Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wunjō}} Proto-Germanic *wunjō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*wn̥h₁yeh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂ Head templates: {{en-noun}} wynn (plural wynns)
  1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. Wikipedia link: wynn Categories (topical): Latin letter names, Runic letter names Synonyms: wen [obsolete], win Related terms: eth, edh, eð, ð, thorn, þorn, þ
    Sense id: en-wynn-en-noun-WqsFtVKK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 10 83 1 4 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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