Wain

Wain
This interesting name is of early medieval origin and is a metonymic occupational name for a carter, a driver of a wain or waggon, and sometimes for a waggon-builder. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "Waegn", "Waegen", Middle English "Wain", meaning "cart" or "waggon". In some cases, the modern surnames, which can be found as "Wain(e)", "Waines" and "Wayne", may derive from a topographical name, used to denote residence at a house distinguished with the sign of the "Wain". This was probably so from the constellation of the Plough, known in the Middle Ages as "Charles's Wain", referring to the Charlemagne. One John Attenwayne (1327, Derbyshire) is named from this source. Church recordings include one Margaret Wayne who married Morgayne Cotterell on January 30th 1568 at St. Dionis Backchurch, London, and Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wain who was christened on October 10th 1652 at St. Dunstan's, Stepney. One John Waine and his wife Amyte are recorded as early setters in Virginia in 1624, having arrived in 1618. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Wayn, which was dated 1319, The Essex Fees Court Records, during the reign of King Edward 1st, Edward of Caernafon, 1307 - 1327. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Wain — Wain, n. [OE. wain, AS. w[ae]gn; akin to D. & G. wagen, OHG. wagan, Icel. & Sw. vagn, Dan. vogn, and E. way. ????. See {Way}, {Weigh}, and cf. {Wagon}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A four wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wain — Wain …   Wikipédia en Français

  • WAIN — can refer to:* WAIN (AM), a radio station at 1270 AM licensed to Columbia, Kentucky * WAIN FM, a radio station at 93.5 FM licensed to Columbia, Kentucky …   Wikipedia

  • wain — (n.) O.E. wægn wheeled vehicle, from P.Gmc. *wagnaz (see WAGON (Cf. wagon)). Largely fallen from use by c.1600, but kept alive by poets, who found it easier to rhyme on than wagon. As a name for the Big Dipper/Plough, it is from Old English (see… …   Etymology dictionary

  • wain — [wān] n. [ME < OE wægn, wheeled vehicle, akin to Du & Ger wagen < PGmc * wagna < IE * woĝhno < base * weĝh , to move > L vehere, to carry] [Old Poet.] a wagon or cart a wagon or cart the Wain CHARLES S WAIN …   English World dictionary

  • Wain —   [weɪn], John Barrington, englischer Schriftsteller, * Stoke on Trent 14. 3. 1925, ✝ Oxford 24. 5. 1994; studierte in Oxford, 1949 55 Dozent in Reading, 1973 78 Professor für Poetik in Oxford; mit seinen gesellschaftskritisch moralisierenden… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Wain — Wain, ehemals freies Reichsdorf, jetzt Pfarrdorf im Oberamte Wiblingen des württembergischen Donaukreises; Rittergut u. Schloß; 350 Ew …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Wain — Wain, John …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • wain — ► NOUN archaic ▪ a wagon or cart. ORIGIN Old English, related to WAY(Cf. ↑way) and WEIGH(Cf. ↑weigh) …   English terms dictionary

  • Wain — Wappen Deutschlandkarte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wain — A wain is a type of horse drawn, load carrying vehicle, used for agricultural purposes rather than transporting people, for example a haywain. It normally has four wheels but the term has now acquired slightly poetical connotations so is not… …   Wikipedia

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