wynn

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.3.1 Homophones 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.5 See also 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• wen
• ƿ

[edit] Etymology

Old English ƿynn (“‘joy, pleasure’”), from Common Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn-yeH₂, derived from *wen- ("desire").

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɪn/, SAMPA: /wIn/

  Rhymes: -ɪn

[edit] Homophones

• win

[edit] Noun

wynn (uncountable)

1. a letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.

[edit] Derived terms

• winsome

[edit] See also

• eth / edh / eð / ð
• thorn / þorn / þ

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From West Germanic *wunjō-, from Indo-European *wen-, *wenə- ‘strive for, wish, desire’. Cognate with Old Saxon wunnia, Old High German wunna (German Wonne). Related to Old English wine, wenian. The IE root is also the source of Latin venus, Celtic *wenja- (Old Irish fine, Welsh gwen).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wynn/

[edit] Noun

wynn f (acc wynn or wynne)

1. joy, delight
2. the runic character ᚹ
3. the letter wynn: Ƿ, ƿ (/w/).