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▪ I. † i-win, n. Obs.
Also i-wyn.
[OE. ᵹewin(n (= OS. giwin, OHG. gi-, gewin, MHG. gewin, G. gewinn), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + winnan to labour; to suffer; to fight, contend; to win: see win v.]
1. Labour, toil; suffering. (Only in OE.)
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. i. (1890) 94 Þis ᵹewin & þissum ᵹelic, þeos ᵹemen þe wæs. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xxii. 44 He wæs on ᵹewinne & hine lange ᵹebæd.
2. Battle, war; contest, strife.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxiv. §2 Sume..tiliað þonne þæs æᵹðer ᵹe on sibbe ᵹe on ᵹewinne. c1205Lay. 9044 Ne bilæfde he næuer nænne..Þat heold feht and iwin Swa dude Kinbelin.
3. Gain, profit.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) civ. 39 Hi folca ᵹewinn fremdra ᵹesæton. c1275Duty of Christians 91 in O.E. Misc. 144 Idelschipe and luþer iwyn..We mote for-sake.
▪ II. † i-win, -winne, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹewinnan, 2–4 i-winne(n, 4 ywynne.
[OE. ᵹewinnan (= OS. gewinnan, OHG. gawinnan, Ger. and Du. gewinnen), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + winnan to labour, struggle, suffer, win.]
1. intr. To struggle, contend, fight. (Only in OE.)
971Blickl. Hom. 173 Hu hie wiþ Simone þæm dry fæstlice ᵹefliton and ᵹewunnon.
2. To gain by struggling or fighting, to win.
a1000Boeth. Metr. i. 17 Ða wæs Romana rice ᵹewunnen. a1100O.E. Chron. an. 1090 Hu he mihte..Normandiᵹe of him ᵹewinnan. c1205Lay. 2194 Brutlond heo wolden iwinnen. Ibid. 2560 Þus he iwon al þis lond. a1250Prov. ælfred in O.E. Misc. 110 Þe mon þe on his youhþe swo swinkeþ, and worldes weole her iwinþ. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 10687 [Hii] bilaye þe castel longe, ar hii him miȝte iwinne. c1305St. Christopher 194 in E.E.P. (1862) 65 Wel auȝte heo heuene iwinne. c1380Sir Ferumb. 478 Say him..þat þov hem ywonne heer. Ibid. 4969 If we mowe þe tour ywynne. |