a. Obs. Also 4 wanshape. [f. WAN- + SHAPEN. Cf. (M)Du., (M)LG. wanschapen, whence G. wahnschaffen.] Mis-shapen deformed.
13[?]. Celestin, 561, in Anglia, I. 81. A wanshape best forþ þei broughte, wiþ wenges, forto fleon on lofte.
a. 1585. Montgomerie, Flyting, 268. Wanshapen woubet.