A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Wand-reðe], sb. misery, S, HD; wandreth, peril, S2, WA; wontreaðe, S; wondrede, S; wanrede, S.—Icel. vand-ræði, difficulty, from vandr, difficult.

[ Wane], sb. weening, thought, judgment, B; wan, S2; vayn, S2, B; veyn, doubt, B.—AS. wén. See [Wenen].

[ Wane], sb. a quantity, a number, S2, S3; see [Woon].

[ Wane], sb. want, deficiency, misery, S, S2, WA; wone, S.—AS. wana.

[ Wanelasour], sb. one who rouses and drives game, alator, Voc. See HD (s.v. wanlace).

[ Wanen], v. to wane, to fail, to grow less, C, C2, S2; wanye, P; wanne, to ebb, S3; woned, pp., S2.—AS. wanian (wonian).

[ Wanene], adv. whence, S; see [Whanene].

[ Wangeliste], sb. evangelist, S2.—Church Lat. euangelista (Vulg.).

[ Wangtooth], sb. molar tooth, C2; see [Wonge].

[ Wankel], adj. tottery, unstable; wankyll, S2.—AS. wancol (SkD, s.v. wench); cp. OHG. wank, tottering (Otfrid).