▪ I. † ˈwarnish, n. Obs. rare—1.
[f. warnish v.1]
The state of being guarded.
| 1387–8 T. Usk Test. Love ii. vii. 78 And thus warnisshed mot he be, and of warnisshe the hour drede. |
▪ II. † ˈwarnish, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 4 warnische, -ysch, -issh, -yssh, warenyss, warnise, -yse, 4, 5 warnish. Also pa. tense and pa. pple. 4–5 war-, varnist, -yst, 4 varnys(i)t.
[a. AF. warniss-, warnir dial. var. of OF. garnir: see garnish v.]
1. trans. To provide or furnish with an ample supply of something; esp. to supply (a place) with men and stores.
| 13.. K. Alis. 6052 (Laud MS.) Hij hadden warnysshed Cites & tounes. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 6605 Castels, tours, heiȝe & lowe, He dede warnise wiþ store þan. c 1340 Hampole Psalter lviii. 7 Thai sall warenyss halykirke with lare and vertus. 1375 Barbour Bruce iv. 102 For thai sa stith saw the casteill, And wist that it wes varnist weill. c 1400 Sc. Trojan War i. 247 Þai woddys warnist were In-to haboundance of wylde dere. c 1470 Henry Wallace iv. 214 On Gargownno was byggyt a small peill, That warnyst was with men and wittaill weill. |
b. refl. To equip oneself.
| 13.. Cursor M. 24788 (Gött.) He dred him sare þat were suld rise, And warnist him on mani wise. c 1400 Sc. Trojan War ii. 726 One þare best wyse Inne þar armour they thame warnyse. |
2. To provide with guards.
| 1387–8 [see warnish n.]. |
Hence ˈwarnished ppl. a.; ˈwarnishing vbl. n. (esp. in sense ‘that with which one is provided’).
| c 1340 Hampole Psalter xvi. 10 Vndire the shadow of thi wengis that is, in the warnysnge of thi charite and of thi mercy. Ibid. xxx. 27 He selkouthed his mercy til me in cyte warnyst [L. in ciuitate munita]. 1375 Barbour Bruce vi. 350 It [sc. valour] Has so gret varnasyng [v.r. warnysing] of vit, That it all peralis weill can se. 1382 Wyclif 2 Kings xix. 32 He schal not commen in to this cytee,..and warnyschynge [Vulg. munitio] schal not enuyroun it. |
▪ III. ˈwarnish, v.2 Obs. exc. Sc.
Forms: 4 warnis, wernis, 9 Sc. warnice, -ise.
[a. AF. warniss-, warnir, of Teut. origin: related to warn v.1]
trans. To warn or inform beforehand.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 15611 For-þi godmen, i warnis yow to thinc al of his care. Ibid. 19897 Saint petre þar-wit was warnist, Thoru gastili might o iesu crist. Ibid. 21674 Þar-of was wernist moyses. 13.. Ibid. 21884 (Edin.) Bot ai þe ma taknis þat we se, ai þe werre warnisit er we. 1864 W. D. Latto Tam. Bodkin ix. 85 They waukened me up frae a maist enchantin' reverie, an' warniced me to prepare belyve to tak' a last fond look o' the slae-black een. 1873 [P. Buchan] Leg. North 44 Weel was I warnised ere I cam' frae hame. |
Hence † ˈwarnishing vbl. n. Also ˈwarnishment, Sc. warning.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 21927 Thoru warnissing of oþers wrake, Vnnes [we] will ani sample take. 1894 W. D. Latto Tam. Bodkin (new ed.) x. 104 Gin I had gotten due warnicement feint a flee wad I hae cared. |