† wanfortune Sc. Obs.
[f. wan- + fortune n.]
Misfortune.
| a 1500 Bernard. de cura rei fam. (E.E.T.S.) 345 Seldyne..besy diligence Folowis with wanfortonys violence: Bot seldinar wanfourtowne þu dessewyr Sale fra swernes. 1535 Lyndesay Satyre 4022, I trow wan-fortune brocht me heir. 1711 [De Foe] Sp. for D―sse of Arnistoun 10 Geen I have had the Wanfortune to believe also, That the Pretender is the Q―'s Brother. Ibid. 14 If I have been sa wanfortunate as to believe the Pretender to be legitimate. |