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+Vowtriere+, _sb._ adultress, WA. See +Avoutrie+.
+Voys+, _sb._ voice, S2, S3, C2, C3; +woice+, S2; +voce+, B; +vois+, PP.--OF. _vois_; Lat. _uocem_; see BH, -- 74.
+Vyne+, _sb._ vine, PP.
+Vyner+, _sb._ vineyard, W2; +vynere+, H; +vyneris+, _pl._, W2; +vyners+, H.--OF. _vinier_ (BH); Late Lat. _vinarium_, vineyard, from Lat. _uinum_, wine.
+Vyner+, _sb._ vine-dresser, Manip.--OF. _vinier_ (Ducange); Late Lat.
_vinarium_ (acc.).
+Vynour+, _sb._ vine-dresser, Bardsley.--OF. _vineur_; Lat. _uinitorem_.
+Vyre+, _sb._ a crossbow-bolt, B.--OF. _vire_ (Ducange). Cf. +Virelay+.
Wa-We.
+Wa+, _sb._ woe, WA, B; +waa+, WA, HD; see +Wo+.
+Wa+, _p.r.o.n._ who, S; see +Who+.
+Waast+, _sb._ waist, C2; see +Waste+.
+Wacche+, _sb._ vigil, watch, PP, HD; +wecche+, S; +wach+, one who keeps a lookout; +wecche+, _pl._, S; +wecchess+, S; +wacchis+, WA; +wachis+, sentinels, S3.--AS. _waecce_.
+Wacchen+, _v._ to watch, SkD; +vachit+, _pp._, S2.--AS. _wacian_.
+Wachet+, _sb._ a sort of blue cloth, CM. See Philolog. Soc. Trans.
1885, p. 329.
+Waden+, _v._ to wade, PP; +vayd+, S2. _Der._: +vading+, wading, S2.--AS. _wadan_, pt. s. _wod_, pp. _gewaden_.
+Waes+, _imp. s._ be, S, _Comb._: +waes hail+, be hale, S; +waes haeil+, S; +wa.s.sail+, S; +wa.s.sayl+, S.--ONorth. _waes_, AS. _wes_, imp. s. of _wesan_, to be.
+Waes+, _pt. s._ was, S; see +Was+.
+Waff+, _v._ to waft, lift up, raise, bear, SkD, JD; +wafte+, _pt. s._, S2.--Icel. _vafa_, to wave, vibrate.
+Wafre+, _sb._ a thin small cake, wafer, CM, PP; +wafur+, Prompt., Voc.--AF. _wafre_ (F. _gaufre_); ODutch _wafel_ (see Kilian); cp. OHG.
_waba_, honey-comb (Tatian); see Weigand (s.v. _waffel_).
+Wafrere+, _sb._ a maker of wafer-cakes, confectioner, PP; +wafereres+, _pl._, C3.
+Wafrestre+, _sb._ a female maker or seller of wafer-cakes, PP.
+Wage+, _sb._ a gage, pledge, pay for service, WA, Prompt.; +wages+, _pl._, PP.--AF. _wage_, _gage_; Low Lat. _wadium_, a pledge; Goth.
_wadi_; cp. Lat. _uas_ (_uadi-_). Cf. +Wed+.
+Wagen+, _v._ to engage, to go bail, P, Prompt.--OF. _gagier_; Low. Lat.
_wadiare_, from _wadium_. See above.
+Waggen+, _v._ to shake to and fro, Prompt., CM, PP; +waggid+, _pp._, W.
+Waghe+, _sb._ wall, H; +wah+, S; see +Wowe+.
+Waille+, _v._ to wail, C2; see +Weilen+.
+Wait+, _pr. s._ knows, S3; see +Witen+ (1).
+Waith+, _sb._ danger, peril, B, JD; +wathe+, WA; +vath+, B.--Icel.
_vai_.
+Waith+, _v._ to hunt, fish.--Icel. _veia_, to catch, hunt; cp. AS.
_w?an_, to hunt, to wander (Grein). Related to F. _gagner_ (see Brachet). See +Gaignage+.
+Waith+, _sb._ game, sport, a 'take,' S3, JD.--Icel. _veir_; cp. OHG.
_weida_ (Otfrid), see Weigand (s.v. _weide_).
+Waithing+, _sb._ what is taken in hunting or fis.h.i.+ng, JD, S3.
+Wak+, _adj._ wet, moist, S3, SkD (s.v. _wake_). _Der._: +waknes+, moistness, JD.--Cp. Du. _wak_, Icel. _vokr_; cp. Icel. _vok_ (_vaka-_), a hole in ice.
+Wake+, _sb._ a watch, _vigilia_, Cath. _Comb._: +wakepleyes+, ceremonies attending the vigils for the dead, C.
+Waken+, _v._ to be awake, to wake, cease from sleep, S, PP, S2; +woc+, _pt. s._, S; +wok+, S; +wook+, S2, C3.--AS. _wacan_, pt. _woc_, pp.
_wacen_.
+Wakien+, _v._ to watch, to awake, S, PP; +waky+, S2; +wakede+, _pt.
s._, S, PP; +waked+, _pp._, S.--AS. _wacian_, pt. _wacede_.
+Waking+, _sb._ a watch, S2, C2; +wakynge+, W.
+Waknen+, _v._ to be aroused from sleep, SkD, PP.--AS. _waecnan_.
+Wal+, _sb._ wall, _murus_, _paries_, Prompt., S, S2, C2; +wall+ (= Lat.
_maceria_), H, WA; +walles+, _pl._, S; +wallen+, S.--AS. _weall_, wall, rampart; Lat. _uallum_.
+Wald+, _sb._ wold, wood, WA.--AS. _weald_; cp. OHG. _wald_.
+Wald-e?ed+, _adj._ wall-eyed, WA.--Icel. _vald-eygr_.
+Wale+, _v._ to choose, WA.--Cp. Goth. _waljan_.
+Walette+, _sb._ bag, wallet, Prompt.; +walet+, C.--Perhaps a corruption of +Watel+; see SkD.
+Walk+ (+Valk+), _v._ to watch, S2, S3, B.--So written for _wakk_ (_vakk_). See +Wakien+.
+Walke+, _sb._ a walk, WA.
