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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WANE, adj.1 Sc. form of Eng. wan, pale. [wen. For this pronunciation cf. Edom o' Gordon in Child Ballads (1956) III. 434, wan: again.]Kcd. 1849 W. Jamie Stray Effusions 8:
But a' his strivings were in vain, Ilk day her cheeks grew sunk an' wane.
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