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Wayn(e, Wane, n. Also: wain(e, vayn(e, vane, vaine, wyne, wene, wenne, weanne, wynd, vown. [ME and e.m.E. waȝȝn (Orm), wain (c1250), wayn (1297), wene (1449), wane (1521), wean (1680), OE wæᵹen, waǽn, MDu. waeghen, MLG wagen, ON vagn. Cf. Wag(o)un n.]

1. A large vehicle, drawn by oxen or horses and used to transport heavy, bulky goods, a wagon; a wagonload. Freq. in collocation with cart or sled.(1) 1375 Barb. x 166, 170.
Apon his conwyne gat he Men that mycht ane enbuschement ma Quhill that he with his wayn [C. vayn] suld ga To lede thaim hay in-to the pele … [aucht] men in the body Off his wayn suld sit preuely And with hay helyt be about 1375 Barb. x 168.
Wayne 14.. Acts I 303/2.
Of a wayne of four oxyn iiii peniis. Of a wayne of four hors ij peniis 1577 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 38b.
Ane frie gait also langis the heuch heid as ane wayne may gang by ane vther 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV 369a.
Ane wayne & ane pair of quheillis price iiij li. 1631 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. II 134.
Ane sufficient servand man for cawing the waynes in beir seed tyme 1691 Stitchill Baron Ct. 104.
To the said Walter Lowrie 20 s. Scots money as ane pairt of a carriadge of wayne to Eyemouth(b) a1400 Leg. S. iv 322.
Scho … bad thame … tak twa of hyr oxyne … And ȝoke tham in a wane … And lay thar master cors thar-in 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I 182.
The said tenandis … sal led to the abbay viij score of fuderis of petis the abbai fyndand wanis meit and drink to ledaris 1488–9 Aberd. B. Rec. I 416.
Thomas Mar sal deliver … to the saide Alexander Rede ane surplat of woll … contening alsmony wanis and nalys of wecht as [etc.] 1501–2 Acta Conc. III 161.
The sade houshald gudis … sic as kistis wanys wanequhelis harrowis and utheris gudis 1509 Rentale Dunkeld. MS 75a.
Pro vno lie wane cum rotis & alus necessus xx s. 1513 Doug. xi iii 87.
Na ces thai not apon the iargand wanys The gret akys to turs away atanys 1531–2 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 111.
vii drauchtis with thair wanis of sklatis … ilk wane drawand i^c sklatis … to men and vanis v s. 1545 Treas. Acc. VIII 392.
For fraucht of ane gret wane furth of the Lyoun lyand in the raid of Leith to the havin of the samyn witht vj^xx cannoun, bullattis, xij berrellis of battard and moyane bullattis, x pair of breichamys with thair sadillis, certane brydillis for cart hors broucht to Scotland be Monsieur Lorge xiiij s.(c) 1564 Perth B. Ct. 143a.
Ane pleugh with pleugh graith, ane harrow & harrow graith, wyne with wayn graith 1601 Reg. Privy C. VI 305.
[[They] came to the said tenant and his servants while they were leading the corns … obstructed them … and … ] brak doun the vownis and caris quhairinto the saidis cornes wer caryitproverb. 1375 Barb. xi 25.
A litill stane oft as men sayis May ger weltyr a mekill wayn [C. wane] c1420 Wynt. i 640.
To cry mercy, is to late The wayne, than standand at the yhat a1500 Prestis of Peblis 410.
Thir Bishops cums … not in at the dur nor ȝit at the ȝet, Bot ouer waine and quheil in wil he get c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 120/43.
Kirkmen so halie ar and gude, That on thair conscience, rowme and rude, May turne aucht oxin and ane wane a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 555.
Get I your waine [Ferg. Prov. 492, cairt] at a wolting, I sall len it a put(2) a1400 Leg. S. iv 330.
Scho had bulis wilde … That scho nocht trewit mycht ȝakkit be In carte, na wane 14.. Acts I 44/2.
The burges ayre … sall hafe a kyst, a schyrn, a pluch, a wayne, a cart, a char, a brasyn pot [etc.] 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I 173.
To help to mak a sufficiand bryg of tre with landstalis of stane bath for cast and wayn 1486 Reg. Cupar A. I 239.
He sal leid … xiiij fuder of petis, and gyne tha be cartis to the vail and quantite of vanys, with a dracht in the ȝer to leid, tymmer or sclate 1548 Treas. Acc. IX 205.
For inbringing of oxin, cairttis and wains, xxij s. vj d. 1551 Treas. Acc. X 33.
Wanys and cartis to turs hir [sc. the Queen's] baggage 1564 Reg. Great S. 355/2.
Servituti adductionis cum … curribus et lie wauenis decimarum terrarum de Kylmynnane et Wilmerstoun ad hortum [et] horrea de Sauchope eorum sumptibus 1567 Bamff Chart. 71.
Ane vayne and ane cart with the furnessing c1575 Balfour Pract. 139.
It is leasum to tak xxx d. for ilk wane, cairt or sled, fund and apprehendit, without licence, within the forest 1622-6 Bisset I 245/12.
Oxin, horse, and uthiris guidis pertening to the pleuch … may nocht be poynded … in tyme of labouring of the samin, albeit … they be nocht actuallie ȝokked in the pleuch, wayne, carte or harrowes 1656 Edinb. Test. LXVIII 231a.
Certan keartis waineis plewches and uther necessaris be loinging to ane lawborer of the grund 1698 Acts X 173/2.
The frequent repair of people to the said harbour with their horses cairts and waines(b) 1616 Monimail Reg. Ct. 20 Nov.
To send thair horsis kairttis wennes or sleddis to my lordis cariage 1653 Edinb. Test. LXVIa 37b.
Wene(c) 1662 Edinb. Test. LXXI 48b.
Twa pair of schod wheills with a cairt a wynd and a long cart at xl mark ilk pair wheills with the carts and wynd is liij lib. vj s. viij d.

b. attrib.and comb.attrib. (1) 1543 Acts & Decr. I 563.
Ane pair of wayne quhelis ane auld wayne coupe 1588 Edinb. Test. XIX 110a.
He leuis … to … his oy aucht pleuch oxin with pleuch and pleuch graytht harrow and harrow graytht wane and wane graytht 1591 St. A. B. Ct. 3 Aug.
Ane pair of sufficient vaine quheillis 1661 Edinb. Test. LXX 147b.
Ane wayne bodie and ane yock worth x marks 1684 Thanes of Cawdor 369.
Weannes and weannes tow(2) ?c1500 Edinb. B. Rec. I 241.
Of a wayne weicht of leid, that is to say xxiiij futemellis iiij d.(3) 1541 Prestwick B. Rec. 58.
Jhone Symsoun desyris at the ourisman, balȝeis [etc.] … to … luk the ly[n]ar buyk to se geyf the wayne get be commoun to the towne or nocht 1596 (1601) Reg. Great S. 414/1.
Cum lie cairt and wane gait 1615 Aberd. B. Rec. II 322.
The east syde of the kingis gett callit the waine gett 1661 Reg. Great S. 18/2.
Therefra alongst ane old waingate till you come to the Seggiesykecomb. 1484 Acta Aud. *147/1.
Pay to Huchone Cragehill vtherwayis callit waneman

2. Char(l)(e Wane, Charles's wain, the constellation called the Great Bear. 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 151.
The son, the sevyn starnys, and the Charl Wayn [Sm. Charll wane, Ruddim. Charle wane]