† waniandn.
Obsolete.
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.
b. with a wanyand: cf. wanion n.
ΘΚΠ
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
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1311/1 The Pope..sent into Fraunce Hildebrand, hys Cardinall Chapleine.., and made him with a wanyand to come agayne coram nobis.
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