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† ˈwaniand Obs.
Also 5 waneand, wanyende, wenyand(e, 5–6 wanyand, 6 waniant, wanniaunt, weniand, -ya(u)nt.
[ME. waniand, north. pres. pple. of wanien, wane v. See the definition.]
In the phrase in the waniand, prob. with ellipsis of mone (cf. ‘on waniᵹendum monan’ Sax. Leechd. I. 320) = at the time of the waning moon, i.e. in an unlucky hour; hence used as a vague imprecation or as an exclamation of anger, impatience, etc. = ‘with a vengeance’, ‘with a plague’. Also in the wild waniand. See wanion; also waning vbl. n. 2 b, waning ppl. a. 1 b.
a1352Minot Poems v. 30 In þe wilde waniand was þaire hertes light. Ibid. ix. 25 It was in þe waniand þat þai furth went. c1430Brut 441 But þe moste vengeance fell vpon þe proude Scottes, for thei went to Dog-wash the same day..; So that they may say wele ‘In the croke of þe mone went thei thidre warde, And in the wilde wanyende come þei homewarde.’ c1440York Myst. vii. 45 We! Whythir now in wilde waneand. Ibid. xxxiii. 485 Furth in þe wylde wanyand be walkand. c1460Towneley Myst. xx. 748 Step furth, in the wenyande! 1529More Suppl. Soules 16 b, He wold of lyklyhod bynde them to cartes and bete them, and make them wed in the wanyand. 1540Palsgr. Acolastus ii. i. I ij b, Go hens in to yl crosse .i. walke or pycke the hens in the galowes name, or in the weniand, or in the .xx. deuyll waye. 1570Levins Manip. 25/23 Y⊇ Wenyant, in malam crucem.
b. with a wanyand: cf. wanion.
1563–70Foxe A. & M. II. 1311/1 The Pope..sent into Fraunce Hildebrand, hys Cardinall Chapleine.., and made him with a wanyand to come agayne coram nobis. |