sb. Sc. Obs. Also waneis(e. [f. WAN- + EASE sb. Cf. UNEASE.] Uneasiness, vexation. Hence Waneise v. refl., to put oneself to trouble (Jam., 1808).
15[?]. Dumb Wyff, 116, in Laing, Sel. Rem. Pop. Poetry Scot. (1882). We deuillis can no wayis latt hir; Giue man tak ȝow the waneis.
1776. Herd’s Scott. Songs, II. 214. O waly fu fa’ the cat! For she has bred muckle wanease.
