wanse

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wanse

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From Middle English wansen (“to decrease, diminish”), from Old English wansian (“to diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, a variant of *wanisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”). Cognate with Old Norse vansa (“to do too little, suffer loss”), Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”). More at wane.

verb wanses · wansing · wansed · wanze

Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.

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@misc{wanse_2026,
  title = {wanse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wanse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}