v. Obs. [ME. (Kentish) f. WAN-; the second element is obscure, as TROKE v. yields no good sense.] intr. To despair; in quot. impers., with dative of person and of. Hence † Wantroking vbl. sb. despair; false or mistaken expectation.
c. 1315. Shoreham, I. 919. Ac þat ne schalt þou neuere do, Bote þe wantrokye of lyue. Ibid., VII. 759. Loke that thou ne go nauȝt onder Thorȝ wantrokynge.
1340. Ayenb., 265. Þer ne is non hope of guode, non wantrokiynge of kueade.
