wunnia

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wunnju.

Cognate with Old English wynn, Old High German wunna (German Wonne). Related to Old Saxon wini, wennian. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin venus, Old Irish fine, Welsh gwen) and Albanian uri (“hunger, desire”).

Noun

wunnia f

  1. joy, delight
  2. the runic character ᚹ

Declension

wunnia (feminine ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative wunnia wunnia
accusative wunnia wunnia
genitive wunnia, wunniu, wunnio wunniono
dative wunniu, wunnio, wunnia wunnion, wunnium, wunniun
instrumental — —
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