Pinn

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - pinn

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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pinn
I. a pin, peg :-- Ne sceolde hé nán þing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte; ne músfellan, ne ðæt git læsse is, tó hæpsan pinn,Anglia ix. 265, 10. [From Latin pinna.] II. an instrument for writing, a pen :-- Mið pinn l urittsæx calami, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17. [From penna ? or pinna ?] pinn
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