Talk:wainable

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wainable

just seeing dictionary definitions Notusbutthem (talk) 13:46, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

I have added one cite to the citations page, but other than that, no luck. According to dictionaries, it is to be found on old land charters, but they are not scanned. If anyone has access to old land charters, it would be good if you could take a look. Kiwima (talk) 00:17, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

The old charters or "Chart. Antiq." referred to may or may not be in (post-1500) English at all:

• 1810, George Chalmers, Calendonia: Or, An Account, Historical and Topographic, page 137:

  • (s) Malcolm IV. granted a considerable tract of land, on the edge of the forest, on the upper borders of the Alne, for improvment; William confirmed this grant of his brother, before the year 1189; and he added, "Concedo etiam eis ut ubique infra sepem, que facta fuit circa eorum weynagia [other editions have Wainagia] licet eis arare et seminare et weynagia facere." Chart. Glasgow, 217. Cowel knows not wll how to explain weynagia; but it plainly means here manurable land; and in Kelham, the old French word, wainable, means what may be ploughed, or manured.

I did however find another use in a 1936 book describing the same 1215 charter. I also added one mentiony instance where the full phrase "'wainable land' is..." is explained. - -sche (discuss) 15:35, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 19:39, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:44, 27 December 2021 (UTC)