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• wynn
  wynn

  noun

  a character (ƿ) representing the sound (w) in Old English and early Middle English manuscripts, based on a rune with the same phonetic value.
• Wynn
  Wynn

  noun

  Ed Isaiah Edwin Leopold, 1886–1966, U.S. comedian.

wynn

¹ American  

[win] / wɪn /

noun

1. a character (ƿ) representing the sound (w) in Old English and early Middle English manuscripts, based on a rune with the same phonetic value.

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Wynn ² American  

[win] / wɪn /

noun

1. Ed Isaiah Edwin Leopold, 1886–1966, U.S. comedian.

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Etymology

Origin of wynn

before 1100; Middle English wen, Old English wyn ( n ), special use of wyn ( n ) joy ( see winsome, wish)

Example Sentences

Its opening stanza speaks the last word in immediateness of narration:     "It felle abowght the Lamasse tyde,       When husbands wynn ther haye,     The dowghtye Dowglasse bowynd hym to ryde       In England to take a praye."

From The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 by Defoe, Daniel