a. 1500. Bernard. de cura rei fam. (E.E.T.S.), 345. Seldyne … besy diligence Folowis with wanfortonys violence: Bot seldinar wanfourtowne þu dessewyr Sale fra swernes.
1535. Lyndesay, Satyre, 4022. I trow wan-fortune brocht me heir.
1711. [De Foe], Sp. for D——sse of Arnistoun, 10. Geen I have had the Wanfortune to believe also, That the Pretender is the Q——’s Brother. Ibid., 14. If I have been sa wanfortunate as to believe the Pretender to be legitimate.
