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wyn-sum

  • adjective
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wyn-sum, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§636;
winsome, agreeable, pleasant
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  • Wynsum

    suavis,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28
    • ;
    • Zup. 54, 5.
  • Wynsum, wlitig

    elegans, i. speciosus, gratus, puncher, praecipuus, magnus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 80.
  • Ða wynsuman

    amoena,

      1, 6.
pleasant to the senses or to the mind
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  • Treów tó brúcenne wynsum

    lignum ad vescendum suave,

      Gen. 2, 9.
  • Wæs swíþe wynsum wǽta út flówende.... Seó wǽte wæs wynsumu on ðære onbyrignesse,

      Blickl. Homl. 209, 2-9.
  • Hé ys Drihtne wynsum onsægednys

    oblatio est Domino odor suavissimus,

      Ex. 29, 18.
  • Wynsum stenc,

    • Exon. Th. 363, 16
    • ;
    • Wal. 54.
  • Swéte stenc, wlitig and wynsum,

    • 359, 19
    • ;
    • Pa. 65.
  • Wlitig and wynsum, wuldre gemearcad

    regali plena decore,

    • 220, 10
    • ;
    • Ph. 318
    • :
    • 350, 13
    • ;
    • Sch. 63
    • :
    • Cd. Th. 277, 33
    • ;
    • Sat. 214.
  • Ðes middangeard, fæger and wynsum,

      Blickl. Homl. 115, 13.
  • Wæs on ðam ofne windig and wynsum,

    • Cd. Th. 237, 33
    • ;
    • Dan. 347.
  • Wynsum gefeá,

    • Exon. Th. 77, 8
    • ;
    • Cri. 1253.
  • wynsum (iocundum) is ðæt mon eardige on ðara gebróðra ánnesse,

      Blickl. Homl. 139, 29.
  • Þincð him wynsum ðæt se weald oncwyð,

      Met. 13, 46.
  • Mé swéte and wynsum wæs ðæt ic oþþe leornode oþþe lǽrde

    aut discere aut docere dulce habui,

    • Bd. 5, 24
    • ;
    • S. 647, 27.
  • Mín geoc is wynsum

    jugum meum suave est,

      Mt. Kmbl. 11, 30.
  • Wynsum gamen

    sales,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 54.
  • Wynsum glíw

    facetiae,

      61, 19.
  • Wensum

    lepida (sermonum series),

      Hpt. Gl. 512, 55.
  • Wynsumere ł fægere

    venustae,

      456, 41.
  • Hwæt þincþ ðé on ðam welan and on ðam anwealde wynsumes

    quid est, quod in se pulcritudinis habeant?

    • Bt. 27, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 100, 20.
  • Mid wynsume wíne,

      Ps. Th. 59, 3.
  • wynsumum stence

    in suavem odorem,

      Lev. 1, 9.
  • Hunig, wynsume wist,

    • Fragm. Kmbl. 40
    • ;
    • Leás. 22.
  • Wynsumne réc,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1585
    • ;
    • El. 794.
  • Wynsumne wlite,

    • Cd. Th. 111, 13
    • ;
    • Gen. 1855.
  • Scip, wudu wynsuman,

    • Beo. Th. 3842
    • ;
    • B. 1919.
  • Wynsume

    cantabiles,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 9.
  • Wæter wynsumu

    dulces aquae,

    • Exon. Th. 202, 5
    • ;
    • Ph. 65.
  • Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on wynsumon stówum (παραδείσoις),

    • Lchdm, i. 280, 13
    • :
    • 290, 6.
  • Wyrta wynsume,

    • Exon. Th. 211, 7
    • ;
    • Ph. 194.
  • Hí his weorc wynsum wíde sæcgean

    annuntient opera ejus in exultatione,

      Ps. Th. 106, 21.
  • Wensumre

    suavior (panis absconditus),

      Kent. Gl. 310.
  • Wynsumra steám,

    • Exon. Th. 358, 14
    • ;
    • Pa. 45.
  • Swég swétra and wlitigra and wynsumra,

    • 206, 27
    • ;
    • Ph. 133.
  • Eal innanweard wæs ǽnlícra and wynsumra, ðonne hit mæge stefn áreccan, se stenc and se swég,

    • 181, 18
    • ;
    • Gú. 1295.
  • 'Is ðis winsum spell ðæt ðú nú segst.' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Nis nán wuht winsumre ðonne ðæt þing ðæt ðis spell ymbe is,'

    • Bt. 34, 5
    • ;
    • Fox 140, 11.
  • Biþ micle ðe winsumre sio sóþe gesǽlð tó habbenne æfter ðám eormþum ðisses lífes,

    • 23
    • ;
    • Fox 78, 30.
  • Wynsumre,

      Met. 12, 20.
  • Þincþ him wynsumre ðæt him se weald oncweþe,

    • Bt. 25
    • ;
    • Fox 88, 20.
  • Wóþa wynsumast,

    • Exon. Th. 358, 9
    • ;
    • Pa. 43.
  • His englas, ealra folca mǽst, wereda wynsumast,

    • Cd. Th. 42, 8
    • ;
    • Gen. 671.
in reference to the conduct of living creatures
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  • Swǽs vel wynsum

    eucharis,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 17
    • :
    • ii. 32, 52.
  • Wynsum (suavis ) is Dryhten,

    • Ps. Surt. 33, 9
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 85, 4.
  • Eálá ðú wynsuma man,

      Wulfst. 246, 2.
  • Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, óþþæt seó heoroswealwe wynsum weorþeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 332, 18
    • ;
    • Vy. 87.
  • León, wynsume wiht, wel átemede,

      Met. 13, 19.
  • Eálá gé góde cildra and wynsume (venusti) leorneras,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 33.
  • Hé wæs se swétesta láreów and se wynsumesta

    doctor suavissimus,

    • Bd. 5, 22
    • ;
    • S. 644, 3.
joyous.
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v. wynsumian
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  • Beóð gefylde mid gefeán múðas úre, beoð úre tungan teala wynsume

    repletum est gaudio os nostrum, et lingua nostra exultatione,

      Ps. Th. 125, 2.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wun-sam
:
O. H. Ger. wunni-sam jucundus, amoenus, amabilis.
]
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v. un-, word-wynsum; wynsumness, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  winsum wynsumlíce wynsumness.
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  • wyn-sum, adj.