† ˈvacand, ppl. a. and n. Sc. Obs.
Also 5 wacande, 5–6 wacand, 7 vaicand, vacane. β. 5 wak-, vakande, 5–6 vakand, 6 vaken.
[Sc. pres. pple. of vake v. The usual spelling with c follows that of L. vacant-: see next.]
A. ppl. a. = vacant a. (esp. in sense 1).
| α 1405 in Fraser The Lennox (1874) II. 57 With the gyffing and the patronage of the said Kirk..alse often as it happinys to be vacand. 1458 Burgh Rec. Peebles (1872) 126 Sir Wilyam of Fulop chapellane sal be present..to the first service that sal hapyn vacand in thair gouernans. c 1470 Henry Wallace x. 531 As Bruce at the palȝoun So entryt in, and saw wacand his seit. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxi. 26 Couatyce ringis into the spirituall state, Ȝarnand banifice the quhilk ar now vacand. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 286 He gaue him the pryorie of Coldinghame..quhilk was wacand in his handis at that tyme. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 26 After the deceis of the husband, the Dowrie of his wife named be him, is vaicand (possessed be na man) or nocht vaicand. 1649 Lamont Diary (Maitl. Club) 11 He [the minister] was excommunicate, and his church declared vacane. |
| β c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. 27 Qwhil þus þe kynrik was wakande, Off Inglande þe kynge was þan thynkande [etc.]. 1456 Extr. Aberd. Rec. (1844) I. 21 That chapelnary of Saynt Nichallis altar was than vakande. 1513 Douglas æneid (1710) xiii. x. 119 With this the Kyng Latinus can deceis, And left the sceptoure vakand to his hand. |
B. n.
1. One who is free to take a mate.
| 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 206 Ȝe speik of berdis on bewch: of blise may thai sing, That, on sanct Valentynis day, ar vacandis ilk ȝer. |
2. A vacant office; a vacancy.
| 1567 Burgh Rec. Peebles (1872) 306 Nixt vaken that fallis within the towne of Peblis, that the said Thomas sones sall haif the samin. |