wanion, wannion Obs. exc. arch.
(ˈwɒnjən)
Forms: 6 wanian, wenyon, 6–7 wennion, 7 wannian, wenian, -on, 6– wanion, wannion.
An altered form of waniand used in certain formulas of asseveration or imprecation. a. in a wanion, later with a wanion, with a plague, with a vengeance. Also with a wild wanion.
| 1549 Latimer 2nd Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 63 Was not this a good prelate? he should haue bene at home a preachynge in hys Dioces in a wanian. 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. P vj, We must have these goodly pageants played upon the sabaoth day (in a wanion) because there are no mo daies in a week. 1607 R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World Wond. i. xxxix. 341 He..cryed aloud, Come downe in a wannian. |
| 1567 Harman Caveat 62 Hee went with a wannion to his mothers chamber. a 1568 Jacob & Esau i. i. A ij, Up with a wilde wenyon, how long wilt thou lie? 1596 Nashe Saffron Walden H 4 b, Take it, with a wennion, altogether, if you will have it. 1607 Shakes. Per. ii. i. 17 Come away, or Ile fetch'th with a wanion. 1663 Cowley Cutter Coleman St. iv. iv, Boys must not have their meanings, Colonel: Let him mean what I mean with a Wennion. 1694 Motteux Rabelais iv. xlvii, Come out with a vengeance, come out with a wannion. 1826 Scott Woodst. iv, He would have battered the presbyterian spirit out of him with a wanion. 1861 Reade Cloister & H. xxxvii, Let him go with a wanion. |
b. a (wild) wanion on,
with a wanion to, may a curse or plague light on (a person, etc.)!
| ? c 1570 Buggbears iv. iv. 11 Now a wild wannion on it. 1605 Chapman, etc. Eastw. Hoe iii. ii. D 2, Marie hang you: Westward with a wanion te 'yee. 1624 Davenport City Nightcap iv. (1661) 36 Is here any work for Grace, with a wannion to her? 1663 Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i, I'll teach you to take place of Tradesmens Wives with a wannion to you. 1822 Scott Peveril vi, A d―d Presbyterian scoundrel,..whom I hope to fetch down from his perch presently, with a wannion to him! |