wainless, II, 72, 8: homeless (without a wane, habitation).
wair, II, 472, 24: bestow. See war.
wait, I wait, a wait, wate, IV, 128, 16, 17; 169, 3; 371, 2, 3, 5; 447, 6, 17; 470, 17; 510, W 2; 515, 12, 15; 517, 20: I wot, know, indeed. See wat, and a=I.
wait, IV, 456, 7:=wite, blame.
wait, wayte, III, 57, 18; 66, 209; 83, 202; 86, 202; 412, 21: watch, lie in wait, seek an opportunity, to do.
waith, steed, V, [176], 18: waif, stray, wandering.
waitmen, II, 424, 3: waiting-men (or possibly, wight men, strong men).
wake, II, 327, 2, 4, 5: aperture, way. (Icel. vök, aperture, especially one cut in ice, or remaining in water not completely frozen over; passage cut for ships in ice; Swed. vak, hole in ice; Dutch vak, empty space. “In Norfolk, when the ‘broads’ are mostly frozen over, the spaces of open water are called wakes.” Wedgwood.)
wake, I, 107, 5; IV, 446, 5; 447, 5: watch (people set to watch me), but the reading at I, 107; IV, 447, is probably wrong; cf. I, 108, B 4. See wane.
wake, IV, 141, 12: merry-making, sport.