A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Wacchen], v. to watch, SkD; vachit, pp., S2.—AS. wacian.

[ Wachet], sb. a sort of blue cloth, CM. See Philolog. Soc. Trans. 1885, p. 329.

[ Waden], v. to wade, PP; vayd, S2. Der.: vading, wading, S2.—AS. wadan, pt. s. wód, pp. gewaden.

[ Wæs], imp. s. be, S, Comb.: wæs hail, be hale, S; wæs hæil, S; wassail, S; wassayl, S.—ONorth. wæs, AS. wes, imp. s. of wesan, to be.

[ Wæs], pt. s. was, S; see [Was].

[ Waff], v. to waft, lift up, raise, bear, SkD, JD; wafte, pt. s., S2.—Icel. váfa, to wave, vibrate.

[ Wafre], sb. a thin small cake, wafer, CM, PP; wafur, Prompt., Voc.—AF. wafre (F. gaufre); ODutch wafel (see Kilian); cp. OHG. waba, honey-comb (Tatian); see Weigand (s.v. waffel).

[ Wafrere], sb. a maker of wafer-cakes, confectioner, PP; wafereres, pl., C3.

[ Wafrestre], sb. a female maker or seller of wafer-cakes, PP.

[ Wage], sb. a gage, pledge, pay for service, WA, Prompt.; wages, pl., PP.—AF. wage, gage; Low Lat. wadium, a pledge; Goth. wadi; cp. Lat. uas (uadi-). Cf. [Wed].