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wan

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wan, es; [n. (?) cf. Icel. vánt (neut, of vanr) with gen.]
Wright's OE grammar
§425; §592;
Want, lack
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  • Ne byð mé nánes gódes wan

    nihil mihi deerit,

      Ps. Th. 22, 1.
  • Hí habbaþ ǽghwæs genóh, nis him wihte won,

      Exon. Th. 352, 9; Sch. 95.
  • On ðám ðingum ðe hí won hæfdon

    in eis quae minus habuerat,

      Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 15.
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v. wana; m., and next word.
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  • wan, n.