waant

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See also: Wäänt

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːnt

Verb

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waant

  1. inflection of wanen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English wanten, from Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Verb

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waant

  1. to want, lack
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:
      Mye thee friend ne're waant welcome, nor straayart comfoort.
      May thy friend ne'er want welcome, nor the stranger comfort.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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waant

  1. Alternative form of waunt
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 102:
      As ich waant draugh Bloomere's Knough,
      As I went through Bloomer's Knock,

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 77 & 102