waniand

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English

Alternative forms

wanyand

Etymology

From Middle English waniand, wanyand, wenyande, apparently a noun usage of waniand (“waning”, present participle), from Old English waniende (“waning”, present participle), from wanian (“to wane”), equivalent to wane +‎ -and.

Noun

waniand (uncountable)

(obsolete) The wane of the Moon.
- 1352, Laurence Minot, Poems:
  For all thaire grete fare: It was in the waniand
  That thai come thare

References

“waniand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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