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  • noun [ feminine ]
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wyn, wynn, e; f.
delight, pleasure
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  • Wyn

    luxus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 11.

  • Wynn

    luxoria,

    wynne

    luxus,

      49, 67, 65.

  • Genihtsumere wynne

    opulenti luxus,

      Hpt. Gl. 413, 71.

  • Wyn eal gedreás,

    • Exon. Th. 288, 25
      • ;
    • Wand. 36.

  • On Gode standeþ wuldor mín and wyn mycel,

      Ps. Th. 61, 7.

  • Mín wynn álæg,

      119, 5.

  • Nis hearpan wyn,

    • Beo. Th. 4517
      • ;
    • B. 2262.

  • Hwæþere him ðæs wonges wyn (his delight in the country) sweðrade,

    • Exon. Th. 123, 16
      • ;
    • Gú. 323.

  • Sý æt him sylfum gelong eal his worulde wyn,

    • 444, 12
      • ;
    • Kl. 46.

  • Ðǽr wæs wuldres wynn . . . næs ðǽr ǽnigum gewinn,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1773
      • ;
    • An. 889.

  • Ágan mé ðæs dreámes gewald, wuldres and wynne,

    • Cd. Th. 275, 21
      • ;
    • Sat. 175
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 230, 31
      • ;
    • Ph. 480.

  • On wynne

    in laetitia,

      Ps. Th. 104, 38.

  • Wend ðé from wynne,

    • Cd. Th. 56, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 919.

  • In lifgendra londes wynne,

    • Exon. Th. 27, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 437
      • :
    • 151, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 790.

  • Wenne,

      Ps. C. 157.

  • Weorod wæs on wynne,

    • Beo. Th. 4032
      • ;
    • B. 2014
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 462, 21
      • ;
    • Hö. 55.

  • Ðæt treów wæs on wynne, wudu weaxende,

    • 435, 18
      • ;
    • Rä. 542.

  • Beóð on wenne ða bán ðe on hǽnðum wǽron

    exultabunt ossa humiliata,

      Ps. C. 80.

  • Habban ða mid wynne weorðe blisse

    exultent et laetentur,

      Ps. Th. 69, 5.

  • Wé sealmas him singan mid wynne

    in psalmis jubilemus ei,

      94, 2.

  • Ic mé on ðé gehálgode hús tó wynne,

    • Exon. Th. 90, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 1482
      • :
    • 76, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 1245.

  • Wé sceolan þrowian weán, nalles habban héhselda wyn,

    • Cd. Th. 267, 25
      • ;
    • Sat. 43
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 142, 31
      • ;
    • Gú. 652.

  • Se ðe áh lífes wyn gebiden in burgum,

    • 307, 22
      • ;
    • Seef. 27.

  • Wynna gewítaþ,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 345, 18
      • ;
    • Rún. 29.

  • Líðsa and wynna hám,

    • Cd. Th. 58, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 945.

  • Ealra ðæra wynna ðe ic on worulde gebád,

    • Byrht. Th. 136, 58
      • ;
    • By. 174.

  • Hé his líchoman wynna forwyrnde and woruldblissa,

    • Exon. Th. 1l1, 31
      • ;
    • Gú. 135
      • :
    • 122, 20
      • ;
    • Gú. 308.

  • Ídelra eágena wynna,

    • 112, 2
      • ;
    • Gú. 137.

  • Wíc wynna leás,

    • 443, 18
      • ;
    • Kl. 32.

  • Hine yldo benam mægenes wynnum,

    • Beo. Th. 3778
      • ;
    • B, 1887.

  • Hæleþbeóþ on wynnum

    the men are joyous,

    • Exon. Th. 361, 20
      • ;
    • Wal. 22
      • :
    • 464, 19
      • ;
    • Hö. 89.

  • Hé sunbeorht gesetu séceþ on wynnum,

    • 217, 11
      • ;
    • Ph. 278.

  • Wé ðǽr wunodon on wynnum,

    • Cd. Th. 279, 12
      • ;
    • Sat. 237
      • :
    • 296, 26
      • ;
    • Sat. 508.

  • Þurh leáslíce líces wynne, earges flǽschoman ídelne lust,

    • Exon. Th. 79, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 1297
      • :
    • 364, 12
      • ;
    • Wal. 69.

  • Ídle lustas, lǽne lífes wynne,

    • 352, 19
      • ;
    • Sch. 100.

  • Ðás eorþan wynne, ðás lǽnan dreámas,

    • 102, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 1667.

  • God seleþ him on éþle eorþan wynne tó healdanne hleóburh wera,

    • Beo. Th. 3465
      • ;
    • B. 1730
      • :
    • 5447
      • ;
    • B. 2727.

  • Worolde wynne,

    • 2164
      • ;
    • B. 1080.

  • Hé ðæt betere geceás, wuldres wynne,

    • Elen. Kmhl. 2077
      • ;
    • El. 1040.
¶ wynnum delightfully, pleasantly
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  • Is se wong wynnum geblissad mid ðám fægrestum stencum,

    • Exon. Th. 198, 9
      • ;
    • Ph. 7
      • :
    • 199, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 27.

  • Ðín gemynd on ealra worulda woruld wynnum standeþ,

      Ps. Th. 134, 13.
Grammar
wyn, with prep. tó, marking object in which delight is taken
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  • Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge, ne tó wife wyn,

    • Exon. Th. 308, 25
      • ;
    • Seef. 45.

  • Wæs mé wyn tó ðon,

    • 380, 22
      • ;
    • Rä. 1, 2.

  • Næs him tó máðme wynn,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2228
      • ;
    • An. 1115
      • :
    • 2326
      • ;
    • An. 1164.

  • Ða forweorþaþ ðe hira wynne tó ðé habban noldan

    qui elongant se a te, peribunt,

      Ps. Th. 72, 22.

  • Hé genom him tó wildeórum wynne,

    • Exon. Th. 146, 21
      • ;
    • Gú. 713.
a delight, that which causes pleasure
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  • Eh byð æðelinga wyn,

    • Runic pm. 343, 4
      • ;
    • Rún. 19
      • :
    • 344. 31
      • ;
    • Rún. 27.

  • Fugles wyn (a quill),

    • Exon. Th. 408, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 27, 7.

  • Him leófedan londes wynne, bold on beorhge,

    • 110, 20
      • ;
    • Gú. 110.

  • Gæst inne swæf óþ ðæt hrefn blaca heofenes wynne bodode,

    • Beo. Th. 3607
      • ;
    • B. 1801.
as an epithet of persons,
of human beings
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  • Hægstealdra wyn (Pharaoh),

    • Cd. Th. 111, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1862.

  • Winemǽga wyn (Guthlac),

    • Exon. Th. 184, 2
      • ;
    • Gú. 1338.

  • Eorla wyn,

    • 174, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 1179.

  • Wynn,

    • 168, 22
      • ;
    • Gú. 1081.

  • Æðelinga wynn (St. Andrew),

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2447
      • ;
    • An. 1225.

  • Wunn,

    • 3423
      • ;
    • An. 1715.
of the Deity
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  • Lífes wynn, . . . tíreádig cyning,

      Hy. 3, 1.

  • Mægna God, . . . æþelinga wyn,

    • Exon. Th. 286, 12
      • ;
    • Jul. 730
      • :
    • 466, 15
      • ;
    • Hö. 121.

  • Neoman ús tó wynne weoroda Drihten,

    • Cd. Th. 277, 2
      • ;
    • Sat. 198.

  • Wigena wyn, . . . heofonengla God,

    • Exon. Th. 281, 4
      • ;
    • Jul. 641.
the best of a class, the pride of its kind.
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Cf. cyst
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  • Án engla þreát, heápa wyn (best of troops),

    • Exon. Th. 460, 16
      • ;
    • Hö. 18.

  • Hleóþra wyn

    most excellent of melodies,

    • 198, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 12.

  • Gimma gladost, æþeltungla wyn,

    • 218, 5
      • ;
    • Ph. 290.

  • Laguflóda wynn,

    • 202, 16
      • ;
    • Ph. 70.

  • Eálá wífa wynn, fǽmne freólicast

    ah, pride of womankind, maiden most noble,

    • 5, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 71.

  • Ðú eart se æðela, ðe on ǽrdagum ealra fǽmnena wyn (the Virgin Mary) ákende,

      Hy. 3, 26.
the name of the w-rune
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  • ᚹ (uu) uyn,

      Archæologia, vol. 28, plate 15, fig. 7.
In the following passages the symbol is put instead of the word wyn
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  • ᚹ is geswiðrad, gomen æfter geárum,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2526
      • ;
    • El. 1264.

  • Biþ se[ó] ᚹ scæcen eorþan frætwa,

    • Exon. Th. 50, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 805.

  • ᚹ, sceal gedreósan,

      Anglia xiii. 9, 5.

  • Wenne (Hickes prints ᚹ (wen) ᚹne) brúceþ ðe can weána lyt, and him sylfa hæfð blǽd and blisse,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 29
      • ;
    • Rún. 8.

  • On wuldres ᚹ (Kemble writes wealdend in place of the rune in the MS.; but cf. wuldres wynn,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1773
      • ;
    • An. 889
    ),

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2177
      • ; El. 1090.

  • In Ps. Vos. 99, 1 jubilate is rendered by ᚹ sumiaþ.

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    See also mod-wén (l. mód-wyn).

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v. Cynewulf's Christ, ed. Gollancz, pp. 173 sqq., Anglia xiii. 1 sqq., Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 9.
Etymology
[
Laym. wunne, winne, wonne
:
A. R. wunne
:
Havel. winne
:
O. Sax. wunnea
:
O. H. Ger. wunna, wunní delectatio, voluptas, jubilatio, jocunditas.
Cf. Goth. un-wunands moestus
:
Icel. unaðr delight; ynði charm, delight.
]
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v. éðel-, hord-, hyht-, leód-, líf-, lyft-, mód-, symbel-wyn[n].
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v.  mód-wén.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wyn.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36912.

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