Sc. Obs. Also 6 van-. [f. WAN- + HAP sb.1] Misfortune.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, V. iv. 89. Scho … on the scherp skelleis, to her wanhap Smat with sic fard the airis in flenderis lap.
1549. Compl. Scot., viii. 72. O quhat vanhap, quhat dyabolic temptatione.
1571. Satir. Poems Reform., xxvii. 102. Gif þatt itt be in bondage brocht be the, Then warreitt war thy weirdis and wanhap.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 194. Backlins he stagger’t wi’ a rair To Gamyl’s tomb, and hid him thair Frae onie mair wanhap.
So † Wanhappy a. Sc., unfortunate.
c. 1590. J. Burel, Passage of Pilgr., I. vii. in J. Watson’s Coll. Sc. Poems, II. (1709), 19. The wildbair that wanhappie beist, Quhois tusks of length war at the leist Ane quarter lang and mair.
1808. Jamieson, Wanhappie.
c. 1830. in Child, Ballads, IV. 386/1. They hae fawn a wagering them atween At a wanhappy time.
