Middle English Dictionary Entry
winstre adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | winstre adj. Also (infl.) winstran, wunstren, wunstræn. |
| Etymology | OE winestra, winstra. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Located on the left side, left; also, as noun: the left side [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)129/11 : Nim þisse wyrt leaf…leȝe ofer þone wynstran [L sinistræ] tæt.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)239/7 : Nim æppel mid þinre wynstran handa mid twam fingran.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)126/3 : He sæt þa soðfestæ on þam swiðere healfe & þa synfulle on þam wunstren healfe.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)2/10 : Wurden iwæxene ðreo ȝyrden; þeo an wæs æt his heafod, oðer æt his swiðere sidan, þridde æt his wunstræn.