wanionwannionn.
/ˈwɒnjən/ Obsolete exc. archaic.
Used in certain formulas of asseveration or imprecation.1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Eiiv He went with a wannion to his mothers chamber.1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau i. i. sig. A.ij Up with a wilde wenyon, how long wilt thou lie?1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. H4 v Take it with a wennion altogether, if you will haue it.1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles v. 58 Come away, or Ile fetch'th with a wanion . View more context for this quotation1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. iv. 42 Boys must not have their meanings, Colonel: Let him mean what I mean with a Wennion.1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xlvii Come out with a vengeance, come out with a wannion.1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 122 He would have battered the presbyterian spirit out of him with a wanion.1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth xxxvii Let him go with a wanion.
a. in a wanion, later with a wanion, with a plague, with a vengeance. Also with a wild wanion.
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
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Ciiijv Was not this a good prelate? he should haue bene at home a preachynge in hys Dioces in a wanian.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Pvi We must haue these goodly pageants played vpon the sabaoth day (in a wanion) because there are no mo daies in the week.
1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. xxxix. 341 He..cryed aloud, Come downe in a wannian.
b. a (wild) wanion on, with a wanion to, may a curse or plague light on (a person, etc.)!
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
?c1570 Buggbears iv. iv, in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Italian (1911) 131 Now a wild wannion on it.
1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe iii. sig. D4 Mary hang you; Westward with a wanion te'yee.
1624 R. Davenport City Night-cap (1661) iv. 36 Is here any work for Grace, with a wannion to her?
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i. 36 I'll teach you to take place of Tradesmens Wives with a wannion to you.
1823 W. Scott Peveril I. v. 144 A damned Presbyterian scoundrel..whom I hope to fetch down from his perch presently, with a wanion to him!
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