Sc. and north. dial. Obs. Forms: 4 vyn, wine, 5–6 wynn(e, 6 wyn(e, winne, 6–9 win, 8 winn. [Variant of won, wonn(e: see WON v.] intr. To dwell, reside.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, i. (Petrus), 690. Þat I ma ga To ihesu criste,… With hym to wine in-to his blise. Ibid., xvi. (Magdalena), 816. Fra þe place, Quhare þe magdelane vynnand vas.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., xxvii. 789. Þe Yrischery, That wynnis in Irland to þis day.
c. 1480. Henryson, Two Mice, 4. The eldest dwelt in ane Borrous toun, The vther wynnit Upon-land [v.rr. vp on land, apon land].
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. xii. 138. Thai that in Flavynia feyldis duell, Or that wynnis besyd the laik or well Of Cymynus.
1560. Rolland, Seven Sages (Bann. Club), 52. Into ane Realme thair wynnit ane vailȝeant knicht.
1721. Ramsay, Prospect of Plenty, 81. Alake we winn o’er far frae King and Court!
a. 1824. G. Beattie, John o’ Arnha’, etc. (1826), 88. An ancient town … where, tradition says, A housekeeper winned in other days.
1846. Brockett, N. C. Gloss. (ed. 3).
