Waggle, vb. to wag, sway from side to side, wabble. M.W., 16, 23; 51, 5. Sw. dial. vagla, vackla, to reel, Norse vakla, id. May be taken as a Sco. frequentative of wag, q.v. Not to be derived from the L. G. word. Confined to the Scand. settlements.
Wailie, adj. excellent. Burns, 179, 2, 3, and 8, 7. See wale, sb.
Wailit, adj. choice, fashionable, excellent. Rolland, I, 64. See wail, vb.
Wale, vb. to select, choose. Douglas, III, 3, 21; Dunbar, G.T., 186. Probably from the noun wale, choice. The vowel does not correspond with that of the O. N. vb. velja, which should have become well. But the forms dwall from O. N. dvelja, and hale, O. N. hella, appear in Sco. Wale may be a formation analogous to hale.
Waith, sb. the spoil of the chase or of fishing. Wallace, I, 386. O. N. væiðr, a catch in hunting or fishing. Norse veidd, the chase, veida, to hunt. On Sco. faid, a company of hunters. See I, § 22.
Wandreth, sb. sorrow, trouble. Douglas, I, 88, 14. O. N. vandræði, difficulty, trouble. Norse, vanraad, misery, poverty.
Want, vant, vb. lack, stand in need of, suffer. Montg., S., 48, 3; Lyndsay, 152, 40704; Bruce, V, 422; Burns, 113, 2, 3. O. N. vanta, to lack. Norse vanta, lack, never means desire. This is the regular use of the word in Sco.
Wanthreivin, adj. unthriven, miserable. Montg., F., 327. O. N. van + þrifenn, Norse vantreven, O. N. vb. þrifa, Norse triva, vantriva (refl.). See Skeat under Eng. thrive and thrift.
Wap (wæ̆p), vb. to turn, overturn, throw, hurl. Douglas, I, 2, 20; III, 167, 28; Gol. and Gaw., 127. O. N. vappa, to waddle. Norse vappa, turn, wrap around. Sw. dial. vappla, wrap up. Cu. wap, to wrap.
Ware, vb. to lay out money, spend. Rolland, III, 450; Dunbar, 92, 13; R.R., 3553. O. N. verja, to invest money. See Wall.