Wynnとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• wen (obsolete)
• win

語源

From 中期英語 wynne, winne, wenne, wunne, wyn, from 古期英語 wynn (“joy, pleasure”) (runes were named using words beginning with their sound), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂, from *wenh₁- (“desire, wish, love”).

発音

• IPA: /wɪn/
• 韻: -ɪn
• 異形同音異義語: win, winne; when (with both the wine–whine merger and pin–pen merger)

名詞

wynn (plural wynns)

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, 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.
   • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175:

     The Norman scribes gradually replaced wynn by u, uu, vv, and w itself.

参考

• eth / edh / eð / ð
• thorn / þorn / þ

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *wunnju.

発音

• IPA: /wynn/, [wyn]

名詞

wynn f

1. joy, delight
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
     wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
     hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
     þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.

     or friendless me would soothe,
     allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
     how tough is sorrow as a companion,
     to whom little has dear confidants for himself.

2. the runic character ᚹ
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚹ ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...

     Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...

3. the letter wynn: Ƿ, ƿ (/w/)

使用する際の注意点

Mostly occurs in poetry and feminine proper names. The normal prose words for "joy" were ġefēa and bliss.

語形変化

Strong ō-stem:

派生語

関連する語

• wenian
• wine

派生した語

• Middle English: wynne, wunne, winne
  • English: wynn, wen, winne, win
  • Scots: win