wayn

English

Noun

wayn (plural wayns)

1. Obsolete form of wain.
2. Obsolete form of vein.

Adjective

wayn (comparative more wayn, superlative most wayn)

1. Obsolete form of vain.

Anagrams

• YNWA, Yawn, awny, wany, yawn

Kom (Cameroon)

Noun

wayn (plural woyn)

1. child, infant

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos.

Alternative forms

• wain, wein, weyne, weine, wayne, wayen, wene, wen, waȝȝn, waynne, wane

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæi̯n/
• (from Old English wǣn) IPA^(key): /wɛːn/
• Rhymes: -æi̯n

Noun

wayn (plural waynes)

2. wain, wagon, cart
3. A war chariot
4. A plough or harvester
5. Ursa Major or Ursa Minor

Related terms

• Charlewayn
• crowdewayn
• waynen

Descendants

• English: wain
• Scots: wain, wayn, wane

References

• “wain, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Northern French waigne, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniō, from Frankish *waiþanjan, from Proto-Germanic *waiþanjaną. Compare gayn.

Alternative forms

• wayne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæi̯n(ə)/

Noun

wayn

2. benefit, gain
3. loot, plunder

Descendants

• English: wain

References

• “wain, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *wayn-.

Adjective

wayn

1. big, large

References

• Puglielli, Annarita; Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012), “wayn”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga, Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN