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† i-ˈwon, i-wan Obs.
[f. i-1 + won, hope, etc.]
1. Hope; expectation; resource; chance, fortune.
c1205Lay. 7706 Mid þere ȝeue he heom ouer-com Þat was þa þat bezste iwan. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 10790 As me þincþ turne aȝe uort god sende betere iwon [rime manie fon]. a1300Leg. Rood 26 He..of-swonke is owe mete: he nuste no betere iwon. c1300Beket 1022 Ich have nou lither iwon. Ibid. 1712 Rathere he wolde thane deth afonge bote there were other iwon.
2. Fortune, substance, property.
c1275Death in O.E. Misc. 172 His freondes striueð to gripen his i-won. |