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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Wake], sb. a watch, vigilia, Cath. Comb.: wakepleyes, ceremonies attending the vigils for the dead, C.

[ Waken], v. to be awake, to wake, cease from sleep, S, PP, S2; woc, pt. s., S; wok, S; wook, S2, C3.—AS. wacan, pt. wóc, pp. wacen.

[ Wakien], v. to watch, to awake, S, PP; waky, S2; wakede, pt. s., S, PP; waked, pp., S.—AS. wacian, pt. wacede.

[ Waking], sb. a watch, S2, C2; wakynge, W.

[ Waknen], v. to be aroused from sleep, SkD, PP.—AS. wæcnan.

[ Wal], sb. wall, murus, paries, Prompt., S, S2, C2; wall (= Lat. maceria), H, WA; walles, pl., S; wallen, S.—AS. weall, wall, rampart; Lat. uallum.

[ Wald], sb. wold, wood, WA.—AS. weald; cp. OHG. wald.

[ Wald-eȝed], adj. wall-eyed, WA.—Icel. vald-eygðr.

[ Wale], v. to choose, WA.—Cp. Goth. waljan.

[ Walette], sb. bag, wallet, Prompt.; walet, C.—Perhaps a corruption of [Watel]; see SkD.