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wyn-sum

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wyn-sum, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§636;
winsome, agreeable, pleasant
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  • Wynsum

    suavis,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28
      • ;
    • Zup. 54, 5.

  • Wynsum, wlitig

    elegans, i. speciosus, gratus, puncher, praecipuus, magnus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 80.

  • Ða wynsuman

    amoena,

      1, 6.
pleasant to the senses or to the mind
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  • Treów tó brúcenne wynsum

    lignum ad vescendum suave,

      Gen. 2, 9.

  • Wæs swíþe wynsum wǽta út flówende.... Seó wǽte wæs wynsumu on ðære onbyrignesse,

      Blickl. Homl. 209, 2-9.

  • Hé ys Drihtne wynsum onsægednys

    oblatio est Domino odor suavissimus,

      Ex. 29, 18.

  • Wynsum stenc,

    • Exon. Th. 363, 16
      • ;
    • Wal. 54.

  • Swéte stenc, wlitig and wynsum,

    • 359, 19
      • ;
    • Pa. 65.

  • Wlitig and wynsum, wuldre gemearcad

    regali plena decore,

    • 220, 10
      • ;
    • Ph. 318
      • :
    • 350, 13
      • ;
    • Sch. 63
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 277, 33
      • ;
    • Sat. 214.

  • Ðes middangeard, fæger and wynsum,

      Blickl. Homl. 115, 13.

  • Wæs on ðam ofne windig and wynsum,

    • Cd. Th. 237, 33
      • ;
    • Dan. 347.

  • Wynsum gefeá,

    • Exon. Th. 77, 8
      • ;
    • Cri. 1253.

  • Hú wynsum (iocundum) is ðæt mon eardige on ðara gebróðra ánnesse,

      Blickl. Homl. 139, 29.

  • Þincð him wynsum ðæt se weald oncwyð,

      Met. 13, 46.

  • Mé swéte and wynsum wæs ðæt ic oþþe leornode oþþe lǽrde

    aut discere aut docere dulce habui,

    • Bd. 5, 24
      • ;
    • S. 647, 27.

  • Mín geoc is wynsum

    jugum meum suave est,

      Mt. Kmbl. 11, 30.

  • Wynsum gamen

    sales,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 54.

  • Wynsum glíw

    facetiae,

      61, 19.

  • Wensum

    lepida (sermonum series),

      Hpt. Gl. 512, 55.

  • Wynsumere ł fægere

    venustae,

      456, 41.

  • Hwæt þincþ ðé on ðam welan and on ðam anwealde wynsumes

    quid est, quod in se pulcritudinis habeant?

    • Bt. 27, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 100, 20.

  • Mid wynsume wíne,

      Ps. Th. 59, 3.

  • Tó wynsumum stence

    in suavem odorem,

      Lev. 1, 9.

  • Hunig, wynsume wist,

    • Fragm. Kmbl. 40
      • ;
    • Leás. 22.

  • Wynsumne réc,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1585
      • ;
    • El. 794.

  • Wynsumne wlite,

    • Cd. Th. 111, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 1855.

  • Scip, wudu wynsuman,

    • Beo. Th. 3842
      • ;
    • B. 1919.

  • Wynsume

    cantabiles,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 9.

  • Wæter wynsumu

    dulces aquae,

    • Exon. Th. 202, 5
      • ;
    • Ph. 65.

  • Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on wynsumon stówum (παραδείσoις),

    • Lchdm, i. 280, 13
      • :
    • 290, 6.

  • Wyrta wynsume,

    • Exon. Th. 211, 7
      • ;
    • Ph. 194.

  • Hí his weorc wynsum wíde sæcgean

    annuntient opera ejus in exultatione,

      Ps. Th. 106, 21.

  • Wensumre

    suavior (panis absconditus),

      Kent. Gl. 310.

  • Wynsumra steám,

    • Exon. Th. 358, 14
      • ;
    • Pa. 45.

  • Swég swétra and wlitigra and wynsumra,

    • 206, 27
      • ;
    • Ph. 133.

  • Eal innanweard wæs ǽnlícra and wynsumra, ðonne hit mæge stefn áreccan, se stenc and se swég,

    • 181, 18
      • ;
    • Gú. 1295.

  • 'Is ðis winsum spell ðæt ðú nú segst.' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Nis nán wuht winsumre ðonne ðæt þing ðæt ðis spell ymbe is,'

    • Bt. 34, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 140, 11.

  • Biþ micle ðe winsumre sio sóþe gesǽlð tó habbenne æfter ðám eormþum ðisses lífes,

    • 23
      • ;
    • Fox 78, 30.

  • Wynsumre,

      Met. 12, 20.

  • Þincþ him wynsumre ðæt him se weald oncweþe,

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • Fox 88, 20.

  • Wóþa wynsumast,

    • Exon. Th. 358, 9
      • ;
    • Pa. 43.

  • His englas, ealra folca mǽst, wereda wynsumast,

    • Cd. Th. 42, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 671.
in reference to the conduct of living creatures
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  • Swǽs vel wynsum

    eucharis,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 17
      • :
    • ii. 32, 52.

  • Wynsum (suavis ) is Dryhten,

    • Ps. Surt. 33, 9
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 85, 4.

  • Eálá ðú wynsuma man,

      Wulfst. 246, 2.

  • Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, óþþæt seó heoroswealwe wynsum weorþeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 332, 18
      • ;
    • Vy. 87.

  • León, wynsume wiht, wel átemede,

      Met. 13, 19.

  • Eálá gé góde cildra and wynsume (venusti) leorneras,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 33.

  • Hé wæs se swétesta láreów and se wynsumesta

    doctor suavissimus,

    • Bd. 5, 22
      • ;
    • S. 644, 3.
joyous.
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v. wynsumian
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  • Beóð gefylde mid gefeán múðas úre, beoð úre tungan teala wynsume

    repletum est gaudio os nostrum, et lingua nostra exultatione,

      Ps. Th. 125, 2.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wun-sam
:
O. H. Ger. wunni-sam jucundus, amoenus, amabilis.
]
Similar entries
v. un-, word-wynsum; wynsumness, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  winsum wynsumlíce wynsumness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wyn-sum.” 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/36939.

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