The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)

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wa, wae, IV, 448 a, 3^d st.: wo.

waaf, II, 72, 2: waif.

wad, n., II, 63, 23; 172, 31, 32: pledge, in security. I, 340, 2; 343, 2; II, 376, 39; III, 455, 10: forfeit.

wad. I wad, I, 130, F 14, 15, 20: I wot, in a weak sense, assuredly, truly. See a=I, and wat.

wad, wade, I, 71, 55, 56; 74, 76, 77; III, 465, 30; V, [299], 2: would. See wads.

wad, wade, v., IV, 18, 17; 185, 7; 384, 5; 385, 2, 7; 386, 2; V, [219], 23; [275] b, 6; [300], 14: wager. IV, 432, 4, 5: engage (to fight).

wadded, I, 272, 11: of woad color, blue.

wadded, V, [261], 6: wedded.

wadding, wadin, II, 131 f., 11, 16, 19, 20; IV, 470, 15-17: wedding.

wade, wad, pret. of wide, wade, II, 97, 12, 13; 283, 4; 461, 10; IV, 68, 6; 190, 27, 28; 438, 13; 455, 9.