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Alternative spellings
wen
IPAchar|Æ¿

Etymology
Old English wynn#Old English|ƿynn, ƿen ("joy," "pleasure"), from Common Germanic *wunj�, from Proto-Indo-European IPAchar|*wn-yeH�, derived from *wen- ("desire").

Pronunciation
{| border1 cellpadding5
! w:IPA|IPA !! w:SAMPA|SAMPA
|-
| IPAchar|/wɪn/ || /<tt>wIn</tt>/
|}

Rhymes: IPAchar|Rhymes:English:-ɪn|-ɪn

Homophones
win

Noun
Image:Wynn.png|right|Wynn
wynn

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.

Derived terms
winsome

See also
eth / edh / eð / ð
thorn / þorn / þ

Old English

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

Pronunciation
IPA|/wynn/

Noun
wynn f (acc wynn or wynne)

1. joy, delight
2. the runic character �
3. the letter wynn#English|wynn: Ç·, Æ¿ (/w/).

Category:Old English nouns
fr:wynn

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