An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To VAIG, v. n.
1. To wander, to roam. Vagit, pret.
Complaynt S.
2. Metaph. applied to discourse.
Mellvill's MS.

Isl. vag-a, vakk-a, vagor; Lat. vagari.

Vaiger, s. A stroller.
Baillie.

To VAIK, VAICK, WAKE, v. n. To be vacant, to be unoccupied.
Crosraguel.

Fr. vaqu-er, Lat. vac-are.

To VAIL, VALE, v. n. To make obeisance, to bow.
Priests Peblis.

Fr. veill-er, to watch, studiously to attend.

VAILYE QUOD VAILYE, at all adventures, be the issue as it will.
Doug.

Fr. vaille que vaille, Lat. valeat quantum valere potest.

To VAKE, v. n. To watch, to observe.