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winnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
winnan, p. wann, pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen. <b>A.</b> intrans.
Wright's OE grammar
§259; §498;
to labour, toil, work
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to strive, contend, fight
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of hostile action towards a person
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of opposition to things
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of the action of inanimate objects
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to make war (lit. or fig.),
fight
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to win (v. Jamieson's Dictionary), make one's way
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to labour at, bestow labour upon
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to labour under, suffer, undergo
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to win, get, attain
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Etymology
[Ierusalem and Babilonie fliteð eure and winneð bitwinen hem . . . þe king of Babilonie wan Ierusalem, O. E. Homl. ii. 51, 11-25. Iob wan wið þe wurse, 187, 26. Heo wunnen agean, A. R. 238, 17. Ðanne sumer and winter winnen, Misc. 17, 521. He iwon (won, 2nd MS.) al þis lond, Laym. 2560. Winnenn heoffness kinedom, Orm. 801. He wan to William, Will. 2498. Goth. winnan παθεῖν: O. Sax. winnan to strive; to suffer; to gain: O. Frs. winna to gain: O. H. Ger. winnan laborare; jurgare, decertare, dimicare: Icel. vinna to work; to withstand; to suffer; to win. ]
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v. á-, ge-, ofer-, wiþer-winnan ; on-winnende.
Linked entries
v.  on-winnende.
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