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wann, adj.
Dark, dusty, sable, lurid, livid
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  • Wann

    bruntus.

    • Wrt. Voc. 1. 46, 40.
  • Wonn, ii. 12, 58.

  • Won,

    • 127, 28.

  • Ða sweartan lurida, wan and flæc

    luridus,

    • 53, 16.

  • Ða wannan

    libida (but the Latin is livida (vibe

    x),
    • Ald. 77-8), 88, 3: 50, 33.

  • Ðære wannan

    cerula,

    • 24, 58.

  • Ða wonnan aetrinan

    livida toxica,

    • 112, 63: 50, 80.

  • Da wonnan

    lividas,

    • 53, 1.
blue-black, livid
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  • Ðonne se dǽl ðæs líchoman, sié gewended blæc oþþe won oþþe swilces hwæt,

    • Lchdm. ii. 82, 12.

  • Gif ðæt blód swíðe reád sié oþþe won,

    • 254, 10.

  • Swearte ł wan[ne] wale

    caerulea (nigra, tetra, tunsa) vibice (livore),

    • Hpt. Gl. 516, 14.

  • Gif ða ómihtan, wannan þing oþþe ða reádan sýn útan cumen,

    • Lchdm. ii. 82, 21.
of the colour of living creatures,
swarthy, dusty, dark-hued
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  • Se wonna þegn, sweart and saloneb,

    • Exon. Th. 433, 8
      • ;
    • Rä. 50, 4.

  • Bið se wǽrloga (the wicked at the judgement day) won and wliteleás, hafaþ werges bleó,

    • 95. 30
      • ;
    • Cri. 1565.

  • Deóful ætýwde wann and wliteleás, hæfde weriges híw,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2339
      • ;
    • An. 1171.

  • Hræfen gól wan and wælfel,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 105
      • ;
    • El. 53.

  • Se wonna hrefn,

    • Beo. Th. 6041
      • ;
    • B. 3024.

  • Wanna,

    • Judth. Thw. 24, 25
      • ;
    • Jud; 206: Cd. Th. 119, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 1983.

  • Bearg won,

    • Exon. Th. 428, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 107.
of the colour of material,
dark, dingy
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  • Ys mín bæc wonn.

    • Exon. Th. 496, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 85, 14.

  • Wonnum hyrstum gefrætwed,

    • 436, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 54, 7.
  • Mec mon biþeahte mid þearfan wǽdum, and mec on þeóstre álegde biwundenne mid wonnum cláþum 87, 12 ; Cri. 1424.
as a (poetical) epithet of shade, cloud, night, etc.
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  • Gif him (the stars) wan fore wolcen hangaþ (cf. ðonne sweartan wolcnu him beforan gáþ, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 22) ne mægen hí leóman ansendan

    nubibus atris condita nullum fundere possunt sidera lumen,

    • Met. 5, 4.

  • Sceadu wann under wolcnum, Rood Kmbl. 109; Kr. 55.

  • Seó deorce niht won gewíteþ. Exon. Th. 204,

    • 17
      • ;
    • Ph. 99: 292, 23
      • ;
    • Wand. 292.

  • Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum,

    • 178, 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 1254.

  • In ðisse wonnan niht,

    • 163, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 1001.

  • On wanre niht scríðan,

    • Beo. Th. 1409
      • ;
    • B. 702.

  • Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sweart, wonn and wéste,

    • Cd. Th. 7, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 110.

  • Ða wonnan niht móna onlíhteþ (cf. se móna líht on niht,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox 74, 25), Met. II, 61.

  • Færeþ sunne in ðæt wonne genip under wætra geþring,

    • Exon. Th. 351, 12
      • ;
    • Sch. 79.

  • Wolcnu wann,

    • Cd. Th. 14, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 214.

  • Sceadu sweðerodon wonn under wolcnum,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1673
      • ;
    • An. 839.

  • Wan,

    • Beo. Th. 1306
      • ;
    • B. 651.

  • Won,

    • Exon. Th. 384, 33
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 37.

  • Wonnum nihtum,

    • 496, 3
      • ;
    • Rä. 85, 8.
as a (poetical) epithet of water (cf. Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan, Chauc. Kn. T. 1598)
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  • Ýðgeblond ástígeþ won tó wolcnum

    the troubled waves mount dark to heaven,

    • Beo. Th. 2752
      • ;
    • B. 1374.

  • Wonn,

    • Exon. Th. 383, 34
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 20.

  • Hé þeahte bearn middangeardes wonnan wǽge

    he covered earth's children with the dark wave,

    • Cd. Th. 83, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 1379.

  • Gewát se wilda fugel ofer wonne wǽg,

    • 88, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1462.

  • Hé wolde ðæt wanne wæter tó wíne áwendan. Homl. Th. ii. 58, 16.

  • Sweart wæter, wonne wælstreámas,

    • Cd. Th. 78, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 1301 : 86, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 1430.

  • Gársecg þeahte sweart synnihte wonne wǽgas

    black everlasting night covered ocean, the dark waves,

    • 8, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 119.
as a (poetical) epithet of fire. v. wann-fýr
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  • Nú sceal gléd fretan, wyrdan wonna lég, wigena strengel,

    • Beo. Th. 6221
      • ;
    • B. 3115.

  • Se wonna lég,

    • Cd. Th. 309, 24
      • ;
    • Sat. 715.
Similar entries
v. brún-wann.
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v.  wan wanniht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wann.” 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/34672.

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