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Wa(y)nd, v. Also: waind, vand, wa(y)ne, waine. [ME and e.m.E. waande(n, wante(n, wonde(n (all Cursor M.), wanden (Chaucer), OE wandian, ON vanda.] intr.To hesitate (for) to do something, to spare, to refrain from (for (= on account of) a specified reason). Chiefly in negative construction. b. quasi-tr.To hesitate (a little, to any extent).(1) a1400 Leg. S. vii 324.
To the iuge thai hym brocht, & to gere pyne hym wandyt nocht, Sa cruelly, that men mycht se Of his wame the preuete ?1438 Alex. i 1998.
Gaudifere … waindit nocht for his wounding Vpon ane nobill bay prekand c1420 Wynt. ii 62 (C).
Scho … wandit [W. wayndit] na mar for to sla Hym that scho gert ly hir by Than hym that was hir innymy c1450-2 Howlat 458 (A).
I sall waynd for no wye to wirk as ȝe will 1460 Hay Alex. 3977.
Thai maid gud chere into the ost, Thay hed ynewch, and wayndit for na coist c1460 Thewis Wysmen 383.
Thai wyll nocht waind for smal valour To len an aith to thar nychtbour c1475 Wall. i 198.
Quhar he fand ane … To cutt his throit, or steik hym sodanlye, He wayndyt nocht a1500 K. Hart 91.
Richt as the rose vpspringis fro the rute, … Nor waindis nocht the levis to outschut, For schyning of the sone(b) 1540 Lynd. Sat. 4417 (B).
Had ȝe it in till a quyet place Ȝe wald not wane [Ch. waine] to flend(2) c1420 Wynt. viii 6166 (W).
That ilk ȝere a gret pestilens … Fell on cokkis and hennis baith, Sa that men vandit for scaith [R. dowtyd for mare skath] For to eit sic volatill, That deit sa, for gret perill c1420 Wynt. viii 6299.
Thai war al rycht wadand [C. wadande, A. wandande, Au., E.², L. wayndand] To fecht in gret rowt hand for hand 1460 Hay Alex. 10317.
Quha-sa has ane pipand voce and small And waik and wayndand in thare sprete … That is ane takynning of ane vaik corage a1497, 15.. Gray MS iv 62.
I am thi freind; quhy lest thé wayne? I forgaif thé that thou me slew … Turne to me a1568 Bann. MS 213a/10.
Be nocht our hamely in to [hir] presens, Nor ȝit our wanderand [MS wandand] in to secreit wisb. 1573 Davidson in Sat. P. xl 317.
Quhen men begouth for to delyte in ill He wald not wane ane wy for na mannis will For to rebuke erle, barrone or burges