† ˈwafron Obs.
Also 5 wafrun, 6 waffron, 5–6 wafroun (Sc. vafrown).
[a. AF. *wafron, augm. of wafre wafer n.]
= wafer n. 1.
| ? c 1390 Form of Cury (1780) 8 Take obleys other wafrouns in stede of loseyns, and cowche in dyshes. c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 22 Take obles and wafrons. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 789/1 Hec nebula, Hec gafra, a wafrun. 1486 Engl. Misc. (Surtees) 57 And y' schall it snaw by craft to be made of waffrons in maner of snaw. 1496 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 323 Item,..giffin to a man that brocht wafrounis to the King, ix s. 1572 J. Jones Bathes Buckstone 9 b, And into diuers formes these graines may be reduced,..some betwene yrons, as wafrons. |
| attrib. 1512 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IV. 358 Item, to Disart wafrone sellar, xiiij s. 1538–9 Ibid. VII. 140 Item, deliverit to Murdo Striveling, patesser, to by foure vafrown irnis to the quenis grace, vj li. |
Hence
† ˈwafroner = waferer.
| 1457–8 Mem. Fountains (Surtees) III. 59 Roto Waf.roner, vj d. |