Show Search Results Show Browse

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Wanyng(e, Wainding, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. waning (c1175), wanynge (Trevisa), wanyng (1440).] Decrease, decline; waning. — a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi 224.
Criste … That tyme of the ȝere borne wes He, Quhene that the dais takis linthynge, & Johne, quhen thai tak wanynge
1456 Hay II 77/33.
The artis of growing and wanyng of nature
1531 Bell. Boece II 332.
In the nixt winter, was sene two mones … hornit naturally, as the mone usis to be in hir incressing or wainding

You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.

"Wanyng vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 29 Mar 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/wanynge>

48693

dost

Hide Advanced Search

Browse DOST:

    Loading...

Share: