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whinyard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
whin-yard
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sword, especially a hanger.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

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Inflected Forms

whinyards (plural)

Questions

What does whinyard mean?
A sword, especially a hanger.
Where does whinyard come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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