wanion
\ WON-yuhn \, noun;
1.Archaic . curse; vengeance.
Quotes:
"Marry, come up with a wanion !" cried Friar Tuck, bustling forward and thrusting himself in front of the Bishop; "Marry come up, I say!" and he snapped his fingers under the Bishop's nose…
-- Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire , 1883
"Peace, dame, with a wanion to ye!" said Raoul. "Will you think of your own old sinful carcass, when you should be saving your sweet young mistress from shame and oppression?"
-- Sir Walter Scott, The Betrothed , 1825
Origin:
Wanion entered English in the mid-1500s. It's an alteration of the Middle English waniand and comes from the Middle English phrase in the waniand mone , literally meaning "in the time of the waning moon." Figuratively, this means "in an unluckly hour."
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