† ˈwandreth Obs.
Forms: α. 2 wandrede, wondrede, 3 wandreðe, wondraðe, -reaðe, red(e), -reðe, wontreaðe, -rede, -reðe, 3–4 wandret, 3–7 wandreth, 4 wandred, wandreht, wandretht, wanderet, wanedrethe, 4–5 wandrethe, 6 Sc. wandrecht. β. 2–3 wanred(e, 4 wonryde. γ. 6 Sc. wander.
[a. ON. vandrǽði neut., difficulty, trouble, f. vand-r, difficult + rǽði management, related to ráð neut. = OE. rǽd counsel, rede n. With this use of rǽði cf. the cognate OE. rǽden, -rǽden, -red, though the ON. word did not lose its meaning and become a mere suffix.
The β forms seem to be merely phonetic variants due to the dropping of d between n and r; that wanrede is an etymologizing perversion (as if f. wan- + rede) is less probable. The 16th c. Sc. wander is similarly of phonetic origin, though confusion with wander n. may have assisted the development.]
Misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty.
Often alliteratively coupled with woe or contrasted with weal.
| α c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 157 Þe halie Men scedden hate teres..hwenne ho iseȝen hore emcristene wandrede þolie oðer in seknesse bifalle. c 1200 Ormin 4846 He shall Þe gifenn eche blisse, Onngæn all þatt wanndraþ & wa. c 1205 Lay. 12511 We beoð ofte hider ifaren mid wandreðe & mid fare. a 1225 Ancr. R. 156 Godes þreatunge is wondreðe & weane ine licome & ine soule, world a buten ende! c 1230 Hali Meid. 9 Worldliche wunne þat tu wendes to biȝeten, & hauest ifunden weane þrin, & wondraðe [v.r. wontreðe] riue. a 1240 Lofsong in O.E. Hom. I. 213 Louerd ich..wulle luuien þe more..þurh þis wondred þen er in al mine weole. a 1300 Cursor M. 5787 Þai ar in wandret and in waa. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 23 For it [hali kirk] and pouer men hauis bathe Of wer and wandreht al the schathe. Ibid. 73 Fore worldes wandretht and pouerte Haldes meknes in many mans herte. 1357 Lay Folks Catech. (T.) 433 Euenly to sofir the wele and the wa, Welthe or wandreth, whethir so betides. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 384 Now he wylnez the were, hys wanedrethe begynnys. c 1400 Destr. Troy 11514 For bettur is a buerne by hym sum pes, þan in wandreth & woo to wepe all his lyue. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xv. 127 Greatt god, as he well may, That shope both nyght and day, ffrom wandreth he vs were, And shame. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxi. 33 Grit wer and wandrecht hes bene ws amang, Sin thy depairting. 1570 Satir. Poems Reform. xxii. 41 Bludie tirranie, Wandreth, wanrest, feirfull ambitioun. 1680 in Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. XLV. 242 That..reproacht party..which can hardly get leave to live on earth for a pack of ministers and professers, mickle wo and wandreth com on them. |
| β c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 43 Woreldes richeise wecheð orgel on mannes heorte..wanrede wecheð on mannes heorte ortruwe. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 707 Thy wonrydez and thy wepynge woundez myne herte. |
| γ 1535 Stewart Chron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 334 And all hir cair scho hes maid to him kend; How scho wes put to sic wander and wo. Hir lord wes slane, hir self seigit also. 1535 Lyndesay Satyre 2068 (Bannatyne MS.) Ilk man hes me now at dispyte, That reidis the New Testment: Wander be to thame [ed. 1601 Duill to the braine] that it wrocht. 1557 Satir. Poems Reform. xxv. 41 God..Provydet and guyded Hir to ane vncouth land, Whair wander & sclander With enemeis none sho fand. |