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wane

Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.ne/

“wane” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a member of the Vanir, a group of deities in Germanic spirituality

Etymology

Based off Richard North's theory that of the Latin gloss (vanitates) and reconstruction *uuani that suggests Vanir in Old English sources.

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