whynne

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === qwynne, wynne, qwyne, whyn === Etymology === Of North Germanic origin, borrowed from Old Norse hvein (the source of modern Swedish ven (“bentgrass”)), from Proto-Germanic *hwin-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoi-no-, referring to its tall, sharp stalks. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hwin/ (dialectal) IPA(key): /win/, /xwin/ === Noun === whynne (plural whynnes) Gorse or a similar plant. ==== Descendants ==== English: whin Scots: whin ==== References ==== “whin, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 September 2018.