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Wan(e, Won(e, n.¹ Also: van(e, wayn(e, waine, wown. [ME and e.m.E. wan(e (a1225), won (c1275), wan, wone (both Manning), woon (Chaucer).]

1. A place of habitation or shelter, a (room in a) dwelling. Also referring to a group of buildings. Also transf. and fig.In pl. freq. with singular referent. [Cf. OE wununesse a dwelling place.]sing. c1450-2 Howlat 667 (A).
Till a wortheliche wane went thai thair way; Past till a palace of pryce plesand allane a1500 Henr. Fab. 260.
Vnto ane vorthie vane This burges brocht thame a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 237.
Ane wane … beside ane riveir, With doubill dykis be-dene drawin our all a1500 Rauf C. 7.
All thay went with the King to his worthy wane a1500 Rauf C. 264.
To ane preuie chalmer beliue thay him led, Quhair ane burely bed was wrocht in that wane, Closit with courtingis, and cumlie cled c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii 197.
And so furth can he fair … Throw wildernes in woddis, & greit dangeir Richt desolait & traist of ane gude wane a1550 Tayis Bank 91.
Sone within a wane scho went, Most hevinly to behold 1590 Burel Pilgr. i 440.
I with na man might confar, Nor ȝit within ten myls wes nar, Till ony toune or waine(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii 840.
God … had Thar-of daynte … & til hyme sone His mykil welth gaf in to wone, With al thame quhamfore he wald pray To duel with Hyme but terme day 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1887.
The purifyit siluer … In steid of symont was ouir all that wone a1568 Bann. MS 225b/8.
As wy that wist of na wone Bot wandreth in wopl. a1400 Leg. S. vi 277.
& schawyt me the welful stede Quhare he the fare palace has mad, … & set oure all is that vanis With brycht & schenand preciuse stanys c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2440.
One old mansioun, That than for eld was fallyn dovn. … Bot fra a man had entred ones, It was a faire rowme, wasty wones c1420 Wynt. iii 250.
The Phylisteis … Sampsonys hous set in tyll fyre His wyff and hyr syre at anys Thai gert bryn wp in to thai wanys [C., W. that wanys] a1500 Rauf C. 648.
I pray thé, bring him gif thow may Out of this wanis c1475 Wall. iv 244.
Ferdely thai rais, that war in to thai wanys [1570 waynis] c1475 Wall. vii 338.
He gert cry about thai waynys wide, Na Scottis born amang thaim thar suld bid a1500 K. Hart 686.
Honour he raid the castell round about, … Wit said ‘Cum in full welcum to thir wanis!’ 1507 Exch. R. XII 560.
Cum tribus bigis dictis le wanis c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 150/18.
First of all in dance wes Pryd With hair wyld bak and bonet on syd Lyk to mak waistie wanis 1513 Doug. xii viii 6.
The barnage flokkis furth atanys, Left voyd the tovn and strenth with wasty wanys 1513 Doug. xiii ix 99.
Tharwith the bruyt and noys rays in tha wanys Quhill all the large hallys rang attanys Of mannys voce and sound of instrumentis 15.. Christis Kirk 145 (M).
The menstrale wan within ane wanis That day full weill he previttransf. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 431.
Proceidand furth was … ane chariote, … Reparrellit was that godlike plesand wone … In richest claith of gold of purpure broun 1513 Doug. v iv 103.
The dow affrayit doith fle Furth of hir hoyll, and richt darn wynnyng wayn 1513 Doug. xii x 88.
Quhen that the herd hes fund the beys byke … And fillit hes full sone that litill wanys With smoik of sowr and byttir rekis stew 1590 Burel Pilgr. i 153.
Out come the edder … Thay … fled so, From his societie, That nane thair, his wane thair Wald support or suppliefig. a1508 Want of Wyse Men 57 (Bann.).
Lue hes tane leif and wirschip hes no vdir wane

2. A place more generally, an area of land; territory, domain. 1460 Hay Alex. 2786.
Thair was ane glen, that was baith deip and wyde, … wounder mony folk it did confound, For thai mycht nocht sa littill step on syde Bot thai suld fall into thai wanis wyde a1500 Henr. Orph. 245.
Orpheus tuke the way To seke his wyf … Hungry and cald, our mony wilsum wane [Bann. wone] 1513 Doug. x iii 94.
Ida forest, to fugytyve Troianys Thar best belovyt forest and natyve wanys 1535 Stewart 2757.
Tha left the plane and drew thame to ane strenth, To hillis hie … To thame that byding wes richt deirlie bocht. For hunger and cald thai sufferit in that wane

3. To have in wown, to be accustomed to. [Cf. Won(e v.¹ 4 and Wont n.] c1420 Wynt. viii 3292.
He wes thowles, and had in wown [C., W. won] By hys wyff, offtsyis to ly Othir syndry women by

4. Quantity, abundance. In phrases in, on, etc. (gret, gude) wane, in (great) abundance, plentifully, in great quantity. 1375 Barb. xvi 458.
Thai seruyt thaim on sa gret wane [C. wayne] With scherand swerdis and with knyffis That weile ner all left the lyvys 1375 Barb. xvii 249.
Spryngaldis and schot … He purwayit in-till full gret wane ?1438 Alex. i 1646.
The blude that fra thame ran gude wane Euill hewit and pale in hy thame maid c1420 Wynt. iii 310 (C).
Hastely than begouythe to bryst Out of a tuythe of that cheik bane Watyr cleyr in to gud wayn a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 37.
All thair vittalis war gone, That thay weildit in wone a1500 Henr. Fab. 2081.
The hering ane and ane Out off the creillis he swakkit doun gude wane c1475 Wall. iii 16.
Bot Inglismen … Be caryage brocht thair wictaill full gud wayne c1475 Wall. viii 948.
Wyld der thai slew, for othir bestis was nayn; Thir wermen tuk off venysoune gud wayn