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wanion, wannion Obs. exc. arch.|ˈwɒnjən|
Forms: 6 wanian, wenyon, 6–7 wennion, 7 wannian, wenian, -on, 6– wanion, wannion.
An altered form of waniand used in certain formulas of asseveration or imprecation. a. in a wanion, later with a wanion, with a plague, with a vengeance. Also with a wild wanion.
1549Latimer 2nd Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 63 Was not this a good prelate? he should haue bene at home a preachynge in hys Dioces in a wanian. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. P vj, We must have these goodly pageants played upon the sabaoth day (in a wanion) because there are no mo daies in a week. 1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World Wond. i. xxxix. 341 He..cryed aloud, Come downe in a wannian.
1567Harman Caveat 62 Hee went with a wannion to his mothers chamber. a1568Jacob & Esau i. i. A ij, Up with a wilde wenyon, how long wilt thou lie? 1596Nashe Saffron Walden H 4 b, Take it, with a wennion, altogether, if you will have it. 1607Shakes. Per. ii. i. 17 Come away, or Ile fetch'th with a wanion. 1663Cowley Cutter Coleman St. iv. iv, Boys must not have their meanings, Colonel: Let him mean what I mean with a Wennion. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. xlvii, Come out with a vengeance, come out with a wannion. 1826Scott Woodst. iv, He would have battered the presbyterian spirit out of him with a wanion. 1861Reade Cloister & H. xxxvii, Let him go with a wanion.
b. a (wild) wanion on, with a wanion to, may a curse or plague light on (a person, etc.)!
c1570Buggbears iv. iv. 11 Now a wild wannion on it. 1605Chapman, etc. Eastw. Hoe iii. ii. D 2, Marie hang you: Westward with a wanion te 'yee. 1624Davenport City Nightcap iv. (1661) 36 Is here any work for Grace, with a wannion to her? 1663Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i, I'll teach you to take place of Tradesmens Wives with a wannion to you. 1822Scott Peveril vi, A d―d Presbyterian scoundrel,..whom I hope to fetch down from his perch presently, with a wannion to him! |