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Wynn definition

wĕn
An Old English rune (ƿ) having the sound (w) and used in Old English and Middle English writing.
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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.
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A kind of timber truck, or carriage.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Noun

Singular:
wynn
Plural:
wynns

Origin of wynn

  • Old English wen-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English Æ¿ynn (“joy, pleasure"), from Common Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn-yeHâ‚‚, derived from *wen- ("desire").

    From Wiktionary

Wynn Sentence Examples

  • A few more days, and even I wouldn't have been able to undo what Wynn did.

  • Wynn was unable to hide his surprise this time.

  • Wynn took up position in a seat near the bed.

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