† awinv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To labour. (Only in Old English.)
ΚΠ
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John iv. 38 Oðero awunnon [Ags. G. swuncon].
2.
a. To overcome, conquer; to win, gain, obtain.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome
overcomeeOE
shendc893
awinc1000
overwinOE
overheaveOE
to lay downa1225
mate?c1225
discomfitc1230
win1297
dauntc1300
cumber1303
scomfit1303
fenkc1320
to bear downc1330
confoundc1330
confusec1330
to do, put arrear1330
oversetc1330
vanquishc1330
conquerc1374
overthrowc1375
oppressc1380
outfighta1382
to put downa1382
discomfortc1384
threshc1384
vencuea1400
depressc1400
venque?1402
ding?a1425
cumrayc1425
to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425
to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430
distrussc1430
supprisec1440
ascomfita1450
to do stress?c1450
victorya1470
to make (win) a conquest1477
convanquish1483
conquest1485
defeat1485
oversailc1485
conques1488
discomfish1488
fulyie1488
distress1489
overpress1489
cravent1490
utter?1533
to give (a person) the overthrow1536
debel1542
convince1548
foil1548
out-war1548
profligate1548
proflige?c1550
expugnate1568
expugn1570
victor1576
dismay1596
damnify1598
triumph1605
convict1607
overman1609
thrash1609
beat1611
debellate1611
import1624
to cut to (or in) pieces1632
maitrise1636
worst1636
forcea1641
outfight1650
outgeneral1767
to cut up1803
smash1813
slosh1890
ream1918
hammer1948
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > succeed in or achieve a purpose
reacheOE
awinc1000
attain1393
speedc1400
comprehenda1450
escheve1489
to make out1535
consecute1536
compass1549
achievea1569
aspire1581
obtain1589
subdue1590
to go a long (also great, short, etc.) way1624
arrivea1657
kill1899
nail1981
c1000 Cædmon's Dan. (Grein) 654 Súsl wæs awunnen.
1250 Laȝamon Brut 7209 Þe þridden deal he awan of þisse worl[d]e riche.
a1300 Floriz & Bl. 205 Þilke maide to awinne.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 85 Þis lhordssip he..naȝt ayen ne miȝte awynne.
b. with subordinate clause and absol.
ΚΠ
1250 Laȝamon Brut 10876 Mid fihte he hadde awonne þat he was king of londe.
a1300 K. Horn 1071 Ne miȝte he awynne Þat he come þerinne.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2060 Ay when þai miȝht a winne, Þer playd ysonde and he.
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