The following Anglo-Saxon vocabulary words are taken from the public domain Online Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by Joseph Toller.

wyn[n], e; f. I. delight, pleasure

wyn-beám, es; m. A tree that causes delight, an epithet of the cross :- Wuldres wynbeám, Elen. Kmbl. 1684; El. 844.

wyn-ród, e; f. A joy-giving cross:-Wynród (the cross), sóðfæstra segn, Salm. Kmbl. 470; Sal. 235.

ýtend, es; m. A waster, destroyer:-Wéstend, ýtend exterminator, vastator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 64, v, ýtan.

yteren; adj. Made of otter's shin:-Berenne kyrtel oððe yterenne, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 21.

ýþ-gewinn, es; n. The wave-strife, the billows:-Sumne hé feores getwǽfde ýðgewinnes, Beo. Th. 2872; B. 1434. Holmwylme neáh, ýðgewinne, 4815; B. 2412.

ýþ-hengest, es; m. A wave-steed, a ship:-Hé férde ðǽr hé wiste his ýðhengestas, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 16. [Cf. Icel. unnar hestr a ship (poet.).]

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