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winn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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winn, es; n.
labour
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  • Nédðarf woerces ł ðæs wynnes

    necessitas laboris

    ,
      Lk. Skt. p. 2, 8.
  • Ðæt hí gemǽne win (v. l. gewin, M. 98, 18) onfénge godcunde láre tó lǽranne on Angelðeóde

    ut communem evangelizandi gentibus laborem susciperent,

      Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 9.
  • In wynn (gi*-*winne, Rush.) hiora

    in laborem eorum

    ,
      Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 38.
strife, conflict
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  • Hé ongan him winn up áhebban wið ðone héhstan heofones wealdend,

      Cd. Th. 17, 14; Gen. 259.
Etymology
[Þa þe ledden here lif in werre and in winne, O. E. Homl. i. 175, 246. Devel weccheð among hem flite and win, Rel. Ant. i. 128, 32. Þar aros wale and win, Laym. 404. De watres win, Gen. and Ex. 598. ȝeolpen for þere winne (of þan winne, 2nd MS.) to boast of the gain, Laym. 12072. Þin rihhte swinnkes winn (gain), Orm. 6118.]
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v. ge-, wiþer-winn.
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v.  win.
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  • winn, n.