† i-woni-wann.
Obsolete.
1. Hope; expectation; resource; chance, fortune.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun]
i-wonc1275
casec1300
adventurec1325
hap1340
accidencea1393
casualty1423
chefe1440
fortunityc1470
enchance?a1475
accidentc1485
chance1526
contingencec1530
lottery1570
casuality1574
chanceableness1581
contingency1623
fortuitiona1641
fortuitness1643
accidentalness1648
accidentality1651
fortuitousness1652
causelessnessa1660
temerity1678
fortuitya1747
spontaneity1751
felicity1809
accidentiality1814
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [noun]
i-wonc1275
wonec1290
likelinessa1450
hopec1480
likelihood1526
promise?1533
show1600
expectance1602
expectation1611
auspiciousness1649
hopefulness1651
promisingness1665
expectancy1696
brilliancy1781
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3842 Mid þere ȝeue he heom ouer-com þat was þa þat bezste iwan [c1300 Otho alse him þohte best don].
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10790 As me þincþ turne aȝe uort god sende betere iwon [rhyme manie fon].
a1300 Leg. Rood 26 He..of-swonke is owe mete: he nuste no betere iwon.
c1300 Beket 1022 Ich have nou lither iwon.
c1300 Beket 1712 Rathere he wolde thane deth afonge bote there were other iwon.
2. Fortune, substance, property.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > a person's collective property or substance
thingOE
chattela1240
cattlec1275
i-wonc1275
moneya1325
tilea1325
statec1330
thrifta1350
substancea1382
chevance1477
graith?a1513
estate1563
wortha1586
thrive1592
fortune1596
store1600
boodle1699
circumstancea1704
c1275 Death in Old Eng. Misc. 172 His freondes striueð to gripen his i-won.
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