Ge-winna

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

ge-winna

Add:--I. of persons, (1) an enemy, opponent:--Sé bið Godes gewinna sé ðe wilnað ðæt hé hæbbe ða weorðunga ðe God habban sceolde hostis Redemtoris est, qui ejus vice ab ecclesia amari concupiscit, Past. 141, 21. Feónda gewinna (Guthlac), Gú. 934. Gé gehýrað hæleða gewinnan, sé þyssum herige mǽst hearma gefremede, þæt is Andreas, An. 1199. Helle dióful . . . gecwæð 'Sleáð synnigne ofer seolfes múð folces gewinnan' (St. Andrew), 1303. Sáwla gewinnan (the devil), Jul. 555. (2) a rival, competitor:--Gewinna emulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 45. II. of things that have opposite qualities, a contrary:--Gód and yfel bióþ simle gewinnan bonum malumque contraria sunt, Bt. 36, 3; F. 174, 36.

Parole correlate: eald-, ealdor-, láþ-, mód-gewinna. ge-winna