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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Wagen], v. to engage, to go bail, P, Prompt.—OF. gagier; Low. Lat. wadiare, from wadium. See above.

[ Waggen], v. to shake to and fro, Prompt., CM, PP; waggid, pp., W.

[ Waghe], sb. wall, H; wah, S; see [Wowe].

[ Waille], v. to wail, C2; see [Weilen].

[ Wait], pr. s. knows, S3; see [Witen (1)].

[ Waith], sb. danger, peril, B, JD; wathe, WA; vath, B.—Icel. váði.

[ Waith], v. to hunt, fish.—Icel. veiða, to catch, hunt; cp. AS. wǽðan, to hunt, to wander (Grein). Related to F. gagner (see Brachet). See [Gaignage].

[ Waith], sb. game, sport, a ‘take,’ S3, JD.—Icel. veiðr; cp. OHG. weida (Otfrid), see Weigand (s.v. weide).

[ Waithing], sb. what is taken in hunting or fishing, JD, S3.

[ Wak], adj. wet, moist, S3, SkD (s.v. wake). Der.: waknes, moistness, JD.—Cp. Du. wak, Icel. vökr; cp. Icel. vök (vaka-), a hole in ice.