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† wanhap Sc. Obs. Also 6 van-. [f. wan- + hap n.1] Misfortune.1513 Douglas æneis v. iv. 89 Scho..on the scherp skelleis, to her wanhap Smat with sic fard the airis in flenderis lap. 1549 Compl. Scot. viii. 72 O quhat vanhap, quhat dyabolic temptatione. 1571 Satir. Poems Reform. xxvii. 102 Gif þatt i...
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wan-
wan- (wɒn) a prefix expressing privation or negation (approximately equivalent to un-1 or mis-), repr. OE. wan-, wǫn-, corresponding to OFris. wan-, won-, OS. wan- (only in wanskefti misfortune = OE. wansceaft), MLG., MDu. wan- (mod.Du. in many new formations, esp. in the sense ‘wrong’, ‘mis-’, as i...
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unhap
▪ I. † unˈhap, n. Obs. [un-1 12. Cf. ON. {uacu}happ (Icel. óhapp, Norw. dial. uhapp), and wanhap.] 1. Misfortune, mishap.a 1225 Ancr. R. 180 Mislikunge wiðuten—ase sicnesse, meseise, scheome, vnhep. c 1325 Body & Soul 257 in Map's Poems (Camden) 343 What eyleth the, thou grimli gaast? That me thus b...
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skelly
▪ I. ˈskelly, n.1 Sc. rare. [Of doubtful origin: cf. Irish sceilg reef, rock.] A rock, a skerry.1513 Douglas æneid v. iv. 89 On the scherp skelleis, to hir wanhap, [she] Smat with sic fard the airis in flenderis lap. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 102 The storm that dang him frae the deep, ...
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weird
▪ I. weird, n. (wɪəd) Forms: 1 wyrd, 3–5 wird, (4 wired, 5 wirid), wirde, 4–5 wyrde; 4 wyerde, wierde, 4–6 werd (5 werid), werde, 4– weird (5 Sc. veird), 7–8 (9 Sc.) wierd; Sc. 6 waird, 6–7 weard, 8 weerd. [OE. wyrd fem., = OS. wurd (pl. wurdi), OHG. wurt, ON. urð-r, from the weak grade of the stem ...
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