waniand

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)

1. (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.