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English

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Noun

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wayn (plural wayns)

  1. Obsolete form of wain.
  2. Obsolete form of vein.

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wayn (comparative more wayn, superlative most wayn)

  1. Obsolete form of vain.

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Kom (Cameroon)

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Noun

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wayn (plural woyn)

  1. child, infant

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  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos.

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Noun

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wayn (plural waynes)

  1. wain, wagon, cart
  2. A war chariot
  3. A plough or harvester
  4. Ursa Major or Ursa Minor
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Descendants
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  • English: wain
  • Scots: wain, wayn, wane
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old Northern French waigne, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, from Frankish *waiþanjan, from Proto-Germanic *waiþanjaną. Compare gayn.

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Noun

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wayn

  1. benefit, gain
  2. loot, plunder
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Somali

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic *wayn-.

Adjective

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wayn

  1. big, large

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