An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 942

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 942


Su. G. _wet-a_, A. S. Moes. G. _wit-an_, pret. _wait_.


_To_ WAYT, WATE, _v. a._ To hunt, to persecute.


_Wyntown._


A. S. _waeth-an_, Su. G. _wed-a_, venari.


WAITER, _s._ A token, Border.


V. ~Witter~.


WAITH, _s._


1. Raiment.


_Philotus._


Su. G. _wad_, A. S. _waede_, indumentum.


2. Such a plaid as is worn by women, S. B.


_Ross._


WAITH, _s._ Danger.


_Barbour._


O. Su. G. _wade_, danger.


WAITH, WAITHE, WAITHING, _s._


1. The act of hunting.


_Sir Gawan._


2. The game taken in hunting, or the sport in fishing.


_Wallace._


Isl. _veid-a_, venari, piscari; _veidi_, venatio, vel praeda venatione capta.


~Waith~, ~Wayth~, _adj._


1. Wandering, as _a waith horse_, S.


2. Impertinent.


_Douglas._


3. Wandering, roving.


_Wyntown._


A. S. _wathe_, vagatio, a straying, a wandering.


~Waithman~, ~Waythman~, _s._ A hunter.


_Wyntown._


Teut. _weyd-man_, venator, auceps.


WAK, _adj._


1. Moist, watery, S.


_Lyndsay._


2. Rainy; _A wak day_, a rainy day, S.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


3. Damp, S.


_Chalm. Air._


Teut. _wack_, id., _wack weder_, aer humidus.


~Wak~, _s._ The moistness and density of the atmosphere.


_Douglas._


~Waknes~, _s._ Humidity, S. B.


_Lyndsay._


_To_ WAKE, _v. n._ To be unoccupied.


Lat. _vac-are_.


_Wyntown._







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