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wynn | wynd |

As a proper noun wynn

is .

As a noun wynd is

a narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.

wynn

English

(wikipedia wynn)

Etymology 1

(etyl) , derived from ''*wen- ("desire").

Alternative forms

* wen,

Noun

(en noun)
  • a letter of the Old English alphabet, 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.
    • Derived terms
    * winsome

    See also

    * eth / edh / * thorn /

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of timber truck, or carriage.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    wynd

    English

    (wikipedia wynd)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
  • *1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 637:
  • *:He flew through the moonlight streets, clattering over cobbles, darting down narrow alleys and up twisty wynds , racing to his love.
  • *2010 , Tom Dyckhoff, The Guardian , 10 Jul 2010:
  • *:Stirling's called an Edinburgh mini-me: the same winding wynds , the same historic core, castle, looming romantic hills. Only a lot cheaper.

    • Anagrams

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