▪ I. † i-win, n. Obs.
Also i-wyn.
[OE. ᵹewin(n (= OS. giwin, OHG. gi-, gewin, MHG. gewin, G. gewinn), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + winnan to labour; to suffer; to fight, contend; to win: see win v.]
1. Labour, toil; suffering. (Only in OE.)
| c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. i. (1890) 94 Þis ᵹewin & þissum ᵹelic, þeos ᵹemen þe wæs. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke xxii. 44 He wæs on ᵹewinne & hine lange ᵹebæd. |
2. Battle, war; contest, strife.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxiv. §2 Sume..tiliað þonne þæs æᵹðer ᵹe on sibbe ᵹe on ᵹewinne. c 1205 Lay. 9044 Ne bilæfde he næuer nænne..Þat heold feht and iwin Swa dude Kinbelin. |
3. Gain, profit.
| c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) civ. 39 Hi folca ᵹewinn fremdra ᵹesæton. c 1275 Duty of Christians 91 in O.E. Misc. 144 Idelschipe and luþer iwyn..We mote for-sake. |
▪ II. † i-win, -winne, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹewinnan, 2–4 i-winne(n, 4 ywynne.
[OE. ᵹewinnan (= OS. gewinnan, OHG. gawinnan, Ger. and Du. gewinnen), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + winnan to labour, struggle, suffer, win.]
1. intr. To struggle, contend, fight. (Only in OE.)
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 173 Hu hie wiþ Simone þæm dry fæstlice ᵹefliton and ᵹewunnon. |
2. To gain by struggling or fighting, to win.
| a 1000 Boeth. Metr. i. 17 Ða wæs Romana rice ᵹewunnen. a 1100 O.E. Chron. an. 1090 Hu he mihte..Normandiᵹe of him ᵹewinnan. c 1205 Lay. 2194 Brutlond heo wolden iwinnen. Ibid. 2560 Þus he iwon al þis lond. a 1250 Prov. ælfred in O.E. Misc. 110 Þe mon þe on his youhþe swo swinkeþ, and worldes weole her iwinþ. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 10687 [Hii] bilaye þe castel longe, ar hii him miȝte iwinne. c 1305 St. Christopher 194 in E.E.P. (1862) 65 Wel auȝte heo heuene iwinne. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 478 Say him..þat þov hem ywonne heer. Ibid. 4969 If we mowe þe tour ywynne. |