winestra

• winstra, wynestra, wynstra

From Proto-West Germanic *winistr, from Proto-Germanic *winistraz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.nes.trɑ/

winestra

1. left (direction)

   sēo winestre healf

   the left side

   Hē wrītt mid þǣre winestran handa.

   He writes with his left hand.

   • 11th century, Against a dwarf:

     Þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt hēr æfter cweð, man sċeal singan, ǣrest on þæt wynstre ēare, þænne on þæt swīðre ēare, þænne hūfan þæs mannes moldan.

     Then afterwards, the spell, that will be spoken hereafter, one should sing at first in the left ear, then in the right ear, then to the top of man's earth.

• swīþra
• riht