† i-ˈwon, i-wan Obs.
[f. i-1 + won, hope, etc.]
1. Hope; expectation; resource; chance, fortune.
| c 1205 Lay. 7706 Mid þere ȝeue he heom ouer-com Þat was þa þat bezste iwan. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 10790 As me þincþ turne aȝe uort god sende betere iwon [rime manie fon]. a 1300 Leg. Rood 26 He..of-swonke is owe mete: he nuste no betere iwon. c 1300 Beket 1022 Ich have nou lither iwon. Ibid. 1712 Rathere he wolde thane deth afonge bote there were other iwon. |
2. Fortune, substance, property.
| c 1275 Death in O.E. Misc. 172 His freondes striueð to gripen his i-won. |