"wynly" meaning in Middle English

See wynly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwinliː/, /ˈwinlit͡ʃ/, /ˈwun-/ Forms: winlich [alternative], winlye [alternative], wonliche [alternative], wynnelych [alternative], wynne-lych [alternative], wynlyche [alternative], wuneliche [alternative, Early-Middle-English], wunlic [alternative, Early-Middle-English], wunliche [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English wynlīċ (adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *wunilīk, from Proto-Germanic *wunilīkaz (“joyous”); equivalent to wynne (“happiness”) + -ly (adjectival suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|adjective}}, {{inh|enm|ang|wynlīċ|pos=adjective}} Old English wynlīċ (adjective), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wunilīk}} Proto-West Germanic *wunilīk, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wunilīkaz|t=joyous}} Proto-Germanic *wunilīkaz (“joyous”), {{af|enm|wynne|-ly|id2=adjectival|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=happiness}} wynne (“happiness”) + -ly (adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} wynly, {{enm-adj}} wynly
  1. nice, awesome, great
    Sense id: en-wynly-enm-adj-tUQRRyex Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 33 33 10 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 19 32 32 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈwinliː/, /ˈwinlit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈwun-/ Forms: winly [alternative], winlye [alternative], wunliche [alternative], wynli [alternative], wynlyche [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English wynlīċe; equivalent to wynne (“happiness”) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|adverb}}, {{inh|enm|ang|wynlīċe}} Old English wynlīċe, {{af|enm|wynne|-ly|id2=adverbial|pos2=adverbial suffix|t1=happiness}} wynne (“happiness”) + -ly (adverbial suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} wynly, {{enm-adv}} wynly
  1. nicely, pleasingly
    Sense id: en-wynly-enm-adv-TbNfb6~V Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 33 33 10 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 19 32 32 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 46 46 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 47 47 1
  2. happily, eagerly
    Sense id: en-wynly-enm-adv-IYXS5GUz Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Happiness Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 33 33 10 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 19 32 32 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 46 46 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 47 47 1 Disambiguation of Happiness: 9 0 91 0
  3. (rare, Late Middle English) easily (with ease) Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-wynly-enm-adv-qDQuSu2T Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 19 32 32 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.