different between wyn vs wynd

English

Noun

wyn (plural wyns)

1. Alternative spelling of wynn

Anagrams

• ywn

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wijn, from Middle Dutch wijn, from Old Dutch w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?i?n/

Noun

wyn (plural wyne)

1. wine

Derived terms

• brandewyn
• tafelwyn
• wynboer
• wynsteen
• wynstok

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.

Alternative forms

• win, wine, wyne, wijn, vine, vyn, vyne, wyen, weyn, wynne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?n/

Noun

wyn (plural wynes)

1. wine (in food, cooking, medicine, the Eucharist, etc.)

Related terms

• vyne-tre
• winberie
• wyndrawer
• wyndronken
• wyny

Descendants

• English: wine (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: wyne

References

• “w?n(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

wyn (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)

Adjective

wyn (plural and weak singular wynne)

1. Alternative form of wynne (“happy”)

Etymology 3

Verb

wyn

1. Alternative form of winnen (“to win”)

Etymology 4

Noun

wyn

1. Alternative form of vine (“grapevine”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /w??n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /w?n/

Adjective

wyn

1. Soft mutation of gwyn (“white”).

Mutation

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vin/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wéh?n?ts.

Noun

wyn c (plural winen, diminutive wyntsje)

1. wind

Derived terms

• wynmûne

Further reading

• “wyn (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.

Noun

wyn c (plural winen, diminutive wyntsje)

1. wine

Derived terms

• wynmoanne

Further reading

• “wyn (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

From Middle English wynde, probably from wynden (“to wind, proceed, go”). Compare also Old English ?ewind; Old Norse venda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa?nd/

Noun

wynd (plural wynds)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Archibald Constable and Company:

     Fortune favoured us, and we got home without meeting a soul. Once we saw a man, who seemed not quite sober, passing along a street in front of us; but we hid in a door till he had disappeared up an opening such as there are here, steep little closes, or wynds, as they call them in Scotland.

   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 637:

     He flew through the moonlight streets, clattering over cobbles, darting down narrow alleys and up twisty wynds, racing to his love.

   • 2010, Tom Dyckhoff, The Guardian, 10 Jul 2010:

     Stirling's called an Edinburgh mini-me: the same winding wynds, the same historic core, castle, looming romantic hills. Only a lot cheaper.

2. (Ireland, dated) A stack of hay.

Synonyms

• (narrow lane): See Thesaurus:alley
• (stack of hay): hayrick, haystack

Anagrams

• W.D.N.Y.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English wynde, probably from wynden (“to wind, proceed, go”). Compare also Old English ?ewind; Old Norse venda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ind/

Noun

wynd (plural wynds)

1. alley, lane, wynd

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

wynd m

1. wind