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wánian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wánian, p. ode
To lament, deplore,
absolute
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  • Ðæt synfulle mancynn wépaþ and wániaþ,

      Wulfst. 183, 2.

  • Ðonne grániaþ and wániaþ ða ðe hér blissedon and fægnedon,

      245, 3 : Anglia viii. 336, 41.

  • Beornas grétaþ, wépaþ wánende,

      Exon. Th. 61, 31 ; Cri. 993.

  • Ða wánigendran welras (wániendan, Wulfst. 139, 8) os

    lugens

    ,
      Dóm. L. 208.
with reflexive dative
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  • Hé wánode him sylfum: ' Wá is mé earmum . . . , ' Homl. Skt. i. II. 223.
with acc.
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  • Sár wánigean,

      Beo. Th. 1579; B. 787.

  • Wánian,

      Exon. Th. 166, 22; Gú. 1046.

  • Ongan hé sár cwánian, wyrd wánian, wordum mǽlde . . . ,

      274, 24; Jul. 538.
with reflex dat. and
acc.
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  • Hé him wæs wániende ǽgðer ge his ágene heardsǽlþa ge ealles ðæs folces

    ipse nunc suam, nune publicam infelicitatem deflet,

      Ors. 4, 5 ; Swt. 166, 20.
a clause
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  • Hé him wæs swíþe wániende ðæt hé to him cucan ne com,

      Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244, 4.
Etymology
[Heo weop for hire weisið, wanede hire siðes. Laym. 25847. Weape and wony (weinen, 1st MS. ), 25827. Wepenn and wanenn for hiss sinne. Orm. 5653. Hit cumeþ weopinde and woniende iwiteþ . . . Þeo moder greoneþ and ꝥ bearn woaneþ, Fragm. Phlps. 5, 32-41. Heo woneþ and groneþ day and nyht, Misc. 152, 187. Scholde euch mon woni and grede, O. and N. 975. O. H. Ger. weinón flere, lacrymare, ejulare, vagire: Icel. veina to wail. Cf. Goth. wainags unhappy.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wánian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34668.

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