Etymology

whinyard

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Today it means: A sword, especially a hanger. Full definition →

Old English winn
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromwinn“contention, war”
  2. English todaywhinyard

Compare English dialect and Scots whingar, whinger; perhaps from Old English winn (“contention, war”) + geard, gyrd (“a staff, rod, yard”); or compare Old English [Term?] (“whistle”, verb), English whine.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwinn all →

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