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wynns

wynns is the plural of wynn.

Meaning of wynn

Noun

wynn (plural wynns)

  1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.
    • The Norman scribes gradually replaced wynn by u, uu, vv, and w itself.1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175

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Proper noun capitalized: Wynns

Wynns

  1. (plural) plural of Wynn

Questions about wynns

What is wynns the plural of?
Wynns is the plural of wynn.
What part of speech is wynns?
Wynns is a proper noun.

Words near wynns in the dictionary

  1. Wynkoop
  2. Wynkoops
  3. wynn
  4. Wynne
  5. Wynnewood
  6. wynns
  7. Wynona
  8. wyns
  9. wynter
  10. wynters
  11. Wynyard

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