Obs. Forms: 2–3 Orm. waȝȝnenn, 4 vayne, 4–6 wayne, 6 waine, 7 wein. [f. WAIN sb.1]
1. trans. To transport in a wain or carriage.
c. 1200. Ormin, Pref. 37. Goddspell forr þatt illke þing Iss Currus Salomoniss, For þatt itt … Waȝȝneþþ soþ Crist fra land to land. Ibid., 5909. Þær iss þe Laferrd Crist himm sellf, & tiderr iss he waȝȝnedd Uppo þatt hallȝhe waȝȝn.
1531–2. Durham Househ. Bk. (Surtees), 62. Pro navigacione ultra aquam cum le waynnyng 1 but malvaseti, 6 d.
1606. Birnie, Kirk-Buriall (1833), 10. Before that by the Libitinarian cure the dead was weind, the Pollinctors inbalmed the corps of the great.
2. To carry, bring, convey.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 2459. Ho wayned me þis wonder, your wyttez to reue.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., A. 249. What wyrde has hyder my iuel vayned.
1540. Palsgr., Acolastus, III. ii. O ij. Pamphagus wold wayne or bring no geste to Sannios howse, but he were riche.
1573–80. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 107. Then neighbour … if any you see, good servant for dairie house, waine her to mee.
b. ? To bring a report of.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 11520. He couet at the kyng,… Eneas eftsones þat erend for to wend … All þere wille for to wete & wayne at þe last.
3. intr. To go, rush. [Perh. a different word: cf. ON. vegna to proceed, go on.]
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 7621. A thondir with a thicke Rayn thrublit in þe skewes,… As neuer water fro the welkyn hade waynit before. Ibid., 7655. Ector, wrathed at his wordis, waynit at the kyng, þat he gird to þe ground and the gost yald. Ibid., 13796. [Ho] Waynyt vp to the welkyn, as a wan clowde.
