| 单词 | in the waniand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the waniand a. In the phrase in the waniand, probably with ellipsis of mone (cf. ‘on wanigendum 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 n.; also waning n. 2b, waning adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > unfortunately [phrase] > at an unfortunate time in the wanianda1352 in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations woeOE dahetc1290 confoundc1330 foul (also shame) fall ——c1330 sorrow on——c1330 in the wanianda1352 wildfirea1375 evil theedomc1386 a pestilence on (also upon)c1390 woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390 maldathaita1400 murrainc1400 out ona1415 in the wild waning worldc1485 vengeance?a1500 in a wanion1549 with a wanion1549 woe worth1553 a plague on——a1566 with a wanion to?c1570 with a wanyand1570 bot1584 maugre1590 poxa1592 death1593 rot1594 rot on1595 cancro1597 pax1604 pize on (also upon)1605 vild1605 peascod1606 cargo1607 confusion1608 perditiona1616 (a) pest upon1632 deuce1651 stap my vitals1697 strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697 stop my vitals1699 split me (or my windpipe)1700 rabbit1701 consume1756 capot me!1760 nick me!1760 weary set1788 rats1816 bad cess to1859 curse1885 hanged1887 buggeration1964 a1352 L. Minot Poems v. 30 In þe wilde waniand was þaire hertes light. a1352 L. Minot Poems ix. 25 It was in þe waniand þat þai furth went. c1430 Brut 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.’ c1440 York Myst. vii. 45 We! Whythir now in wilde waneand. c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 485 Furth in þe wylde wanyand be walkand. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xx. 250 Step furth in the wenyande! 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xviv He wold of lyklyhod bynde them to cartes and bete them and make them wed in the wanyand. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Iijv 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. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Bivv/1 Ye Wenyant, in malam crucem. 1587 W. Baldwin et al. in J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) iii. Burdet lii Wylde wengand on such ire, wherby the realme doth lose. < as lemmas |
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