n.
'windlass'
(Modern English )Always derived from ON, cp. vindáss 'windlass', probably via AN windas. The compound is formed from the ON reflexes of PGmc *wendan- (cp. Go us-windan 'to twine, plait', bi-windan 'to wind, wrap', OIcel vinda 'to ring, twist', OE windan 'to plait, curl, twist', OFris winda, OS windan 'to turn, move', OHG wintan) and the masc. n. *ansaz (cp. Go ans 'beam', OIcel áss 'pole, rafter', MHG ans-boum 'beam of a bridge').
PGmc Ancestor
*wendan- + *ansaz
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
vindáss 'windlass'
(ONP vindáss (sb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Icel vindás
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
[ON consonant cluster assimilation] (possibly diagnostic)
Summary category
C2
(C4)
OED and MED have citations from a variety of texts, beginning with (1293) *Acc.Exch.K.R.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Pat 103