† windown Obs.
Also 4–5 wyndown, 9 dial. windon.
Obscure var. window n.
| c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 8 Ȝif þei drawen þe peple..by coryouste of gaye wyndownes. c 1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Aug. xxiii. 32 As his moder and he stood lenyng out at a wyndown. 1477 Paston Lett. III. 211 The bordes had ben good for wyndownes and dores. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Windon, a window. 1838 W. Holloway Provinc. 190 Windon, a window. Norf. |