An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 941
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 941
WAILE, _s._ A wand or rod.
_K. Hart._
Su. G. _wal_, C. B. _gwal-en_, id.
WAILYE QUOD WAILYE.
V. ~Vailye~.
WAILL, _s._ A vale, or valley.
_Wallace._
WAILL, _s._ Advantage, contr. from _avail_.
_Wallace._
WAYMYNG, WAYMENT, _s._ Lamentation.
_Sir Gawan._
O. Fr. _guement-er_, se plaindre.
WAYN, WAYNE, _s._ Plenty.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _winn-a_, sufficere.
WAYN, _s._ A vein.
_Wallace._
_To_ WAYND, _v. n._ To change, to swerve.
_Houlate._
A. S. _waend-an_, mutare, vertere.
_To_ WAYND, _v. n._ To care, to be anxious about.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wand-ian_, Isl. _vand-a_, curare.
WAYNE. _In wayne_, in vain.
_Wallace._
WAYNE, _s._ Help, relief.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wen_, spes, expectatio.
_To_ WAYNE, _v. n._ To strike.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. _waan-a_, to labour, _winn-a_, id., also to fight.
_To_ WAYNE, _v. a._ To remove.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _wan-ian_, demere, auferre.
_To_ WAIR, _v. a._ To spend.
V. ~Ware~.
WAISTY, _adj._ Void, waste.
_Douglas._
WAISTLESS, _adj._ Without a waist.
_Dunbar._
_To_ WAIT, VAIT, WATE, _v. n._ To know, S. _wat_.
_Compl. S._