† wanhap Sc. Obs.
Also 6 van-.
[f. wan- + hap n.1]
Misfortune.
| 1513 Douglas æneis v. iv. 89 Scho..on the scherp skelleis, to her wanhap Smat with sic fard the airis in flenderis lap. 1549 Compl. Scot. viii. 72 O quhat vanhap, quhat dyabolic temptatione. 1571 Satir. Poems Reform. xxvii. 102 Gif þatt itt be in bondage brocht be the, Then warreitt war thy weirdis and wanhap. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 194 Backlins he stagger't wi' a rair to Gamyl's tomb, and hid him thair Frae onie mair wanhap. |
So † wanhappy a. Sc., unfortunate.
| c 1590 J. Burel Passage of Pilgr. i. vii. in J. Watson's Coll. Sc. Poems ii. (1709) 19 The wildbair that wanhappie beist, Quhois tusks of length war at the leist Ane quarter lang and mair. 1808 Jamieson, Wanhappie. c 1830 in Child Ballads IV. 386/1 They hae fawn a wagering them atween At a wanhappy time. |