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verb
To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
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History
From Middle English wansen (“to decrease, diminish”), from Old English wansian (“to diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, a variant of *wanisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1weh2- (“empty”). Cognate with Old Norse vansa (“to do too little, suffer loss”), Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”). More at wane.
