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wanwood

noun

Etymology

From wan + wood.

  1. derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *widuz✻
  3. inherited from *widu✻
  4. inherited from wudu
  5. inherited from wode
  6. compounded as wanwood — “wan + wood”

Definitions

  1. A pale or withered forest

    A pale or withered forest; a ghostly wood, implying decay or melancholy.

    • Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA