Wín-ærn

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wín-ærn

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wín-ærn
n. I. a place where wine is stored :--Wínæm apotheca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 6. II. a place where wine is sold and drunk, a tavern :--Wínaern taberna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 3. Wínærn, i. 290, 52. III. a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting. Cf. wín-ræced :--Grétte Hroðgár Beówulf, and him hǽl ábeád, wínærnes geweald: 'Nǽfre ic ǽnegum men ǽr álýfde ðrýþærn Dena ... Hafa nú and geheald húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 1312; B. 654. win-ærn,-win-ærn

Related words: win-hús.

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