Middle English Dictionary Entry
iwōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | iwōn n. Also iwan, ivan. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI vān. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. won n.(2).
1.
(a) Hope; (b) opportunity, resource, way, means; (c) luck, fortune; (d) property; (e) body of soldiers, force.
Associated quotations
a
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)134 : Qui erit spes et salus omnium: He scal beo iuane and heale.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7706 : Mid þere ȝeue he heom ouer-com -- þat was þa þet bezste iwan [Otho: alse him þohte best don].
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)194/20 : Beo stille, þou deueles bouk, þe ne worth here non i-won.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1678 : Raþur he wolde deth afonge bote þare were oþur iwon [rime: non].
- a1325 SLeg.Cross (Corp-C 145)96 : He..ofswonk is mete; he nuste no betere ywon.
- a1450 Glo.Chron.B (Lond-U 278)8663 : Iwon [A: He at arn as vaste as he miȝte; þat was is beste won].
c
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.51 : Lordlings..ȝe witeth wel echon Hou wel ich was with the Kinge theȝ ich have nou lither iwon.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10790 : Betere it is..turne aȝe uort god sende betere iwon, Vor vr poer is to lute aȝe þus manie fon.
d
- c1275 Þene latemeste dai (Clg A.9)38 : Nu lið þe clei-clot al so þe ston, And his freondes striueð to gripen his i-won.
e
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)846/117 : Þis king..þis lefdi on hure castel bi-lay faste anon, Ac heo hadde þer inne o swiþe faire ywon, ȝe, vif hundred knytes.