windas

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch windas, ultimately from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

windas f (plural windassen, diminutive windasje n)

windlass

Middle English

Noun

windas

windlass
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References

windas in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse [Term?].

Noun

windas m (oblique plural windas, nominative singular windas, nominative plural windas)

winch

Descendants

→ English: windlass

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (guindas)

gindas on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (also listed under vindass)

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