different between wain vs waif

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /we?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæ?n, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wo??nos, from *we??- (“to bring, transport”). Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn. Doublet of wagon, a borrowing from Dutch.

Alternative forms

• wayn (obsolete)

Noun

wain (plural wains)

1. (archaic or literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.

   "The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:wain.

Related terms

• Charles' Wain
• wainwright

Translations

Verb

wain (third-person singular simple present wains, present participle waining, simple past and past participle wained)

1. (rare, transitive) To carry.

Etymology 2

Verb

wain (third-person singular simple present wains, present participle waining, simple past and past participle wained)

1. Misspelling of wane.

   As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. [1]

Etymology 3

From wee one.

Noun

wain (plural wains)

1. (Derry) A collective word usually for children.

Related terms

• wean

Anagrams

• IAWN, inaw, iwan

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English wine.

Noun

wain

1. wine

Japanese

Romanization

wain

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

wain

1. brook; creek; stream

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English wine, from Middle English wyn, win, from Old English w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num, from Proto-Italic *w?nom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [w??in?], (enunciated) [w? in?]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wæ?jin?/
• Bender phonemes: {wahyin}

Noun

wain

1. wine

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Medebur

Noun

wain

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Middle English

Noun

wain

1. Alternative form of wayn (“wagon”)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English wine.

Pronunciation

Noun

wain

1. wine

Descendants

• ? Rotokas: uain

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wai?n/

Noun

wain

1. Soft mutation of gwain.

Mutation

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /we?f/
• Rhymes: -e?f

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Late Middle English weif (“ownerless property subject to seizure and forfeiture; the right of such seizure and forfeiture; revenues obtained from such seizure and forfeiture”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman waif, weif [and other forms] (compare Anglo-Latin waivum [and other forms], Medieval Latin waivium), possibly from Old French waif, a variant of gaif, gayf (“property that is lost and unclaimed; of property: lost and unclaimed”) (Norman) [and other forms], probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse veif (“flag; waving thing”), from Proto-Germanic *waif-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyb-, *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

waif (plural waifs)

1. (Britain, law, archaic) Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
2. (figuratively)
   1. Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
   2. A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagabond
   3. (by extension) A very thin person.

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thin person

      Antonyms: see Thesaurus:fat person

   4. (by extension, botany) A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but is not persistently naturalized.

Derived terms

• waifish
• waifishly
• waifishness
• waiflike

Related terms

• waive

Translations

Verb

waif (third-person singular simple present waifs, present participle waifing, simple past and past participle waifed)

1. (intransitive) To be cast aside or rejected, and thus become a waif.

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old Norse veif (“flag; waving thing”); see further at etymology 1.

Noun

waif (plural waifs)

1. (nautical, chiefly whaling, historical) A small flag used as a signal.

Related terms

• waff
• waft
• wheft

Translations

Etymology 3

Origin unknown; possibly related to the following words:

• waff (“waving movement; gust or puff of air or wind; odour, scent; slight blow; slight attack of illness; glimpse; apparition, wraith; of the wind: to cause (something) to move to and fro; to flutter or wave to and fro in the wind; to produce a current of air by waving, to fan”) (Northern England, Scotland), a variant of waive (etymology 2) or wave (see further at those entries).
• Middle English wef, weffe (“bad odour, stench, stink; exhalation; vapour; tendency of something to go bad (?)”) [and other forms], possibly a variant of either:
  • waf, waif, waife (“odour, scent”),, possibly from waven (“to move to and fro, sway, wave; to stray, wander; to move in a weaving manner; (figuratively) to hesitate, vacillate”), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *web?- (“to braid, weave”); or
  • wef (“a blow, stroke”), from weven (“to travel, wander; to move to and fro, flutter, waver; to blow something away, waft; to cause something to move; to fall; to cut deeply; to sever; to give up, yield; to give deference to; to avoid; to afflict, trouble; to beckon, signal”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Old English wefan (“to weave”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *web?- (“to braid, weave”)), or from -w?fan (see bew?fan, ymbw?fan).

Noun

waif (plural waifs)

1. Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.

Translations

References

Further reading

• waif and stray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

waif

1. Alternative form of weif