Waiten, Wayte, Wayten, _v._ Fr. to watch, 512, 1754, 2070. Chauc. Cf. O.Fr. _gaiter_. Waken, _v._ S. to watch, 630. _Waked_, _part. pa._ watched, kept awake, 2999. _See_ R. Br., Sq. of L. D. 852. Chauc. Wakne, _v._ S. to wake, awaken, 2164. Wan, _adv._ S. when, 1962. War, _adj._ S. aware, wary, 788, 2139. Warie, _v._ S. to curse, 433. _Waried_, _part. pa._ cursed, 434. Emare, 667. _Wery_, Minot, p. 7. _Warrie_, Chauc. _See_ Gl. Lynds. Warp, _pa. t._ S. threw, cast, 1061. Al swa feor swa a mon Mihte _werpe^n_ ænne stan. _Laȝam._ l. 17428. So in Sc. Doug. Virg. 432, and Barb. iii. 642. V. Jam. Washen, _v._ S. to wash, 1233. Waste _for_ Was þe, 87. Wastel, _n._ Fr. cake, or loaf made of finer flour, 878. _Wastels_, _pl._ 779. _See_ Todd’s Illustr. of Chauc., who derives the name from _wastell_, the vessel or basket in which the bread was carried. V. Du Cange, Spelm. Jam. In Pegge’s Form of Cury, p. 72, 159, we meet with _Wastels yfarced_. Wat, _pron._ _See_ Hwat. Wat, _v._ _See_ Quath. Wat, _pp._ known, 1674. _See_ Wot. Wawe, _n._ S. wall, 474, 2470. The phrase _bith wawe_, 474, is also found in Rits. A. S. p. 46, which is left unexplained by the Editor, and is badly guessed at by Ellis. By the aid of Moor’s Suffolk Gl. we are enabled to ascertain the meaning of an expression which is not yet obsolete. “By the walls.” Dead and not buried. “A’ lie bi’ the walls” --said, I believe, only of a human subject. [This remark only applies to l. 474. In ll. 1963, 2470, the phrase refers to the benches placed round the walls in the great hall, whereon men slept at night, and sat in council by day.] _Wowe_, 1963, 2078. Still so pronounced in Lanc., &c. Waxen. _See_ Wex. Wayke, _adj. pl._ S. weak, 1012. Wayte, Wayten. _See_ Waiten. We, 115, 287, 392, 772. Apparently an error of the scribe for _wel_, but its frequent repetition may cause it to be doubted, whether the _l_ may not have been purposely dropped. Wede, _v._ _See_ Wade. Wede, _n._ S. clothing, garments, 94, 323, 861. In very general use formerly, and still preserved in the phrase, a widow’s _weeds_. Weddeth _for_ Wedded, 1127. Wei, Weie, _n._ S. way, road, 772, 952. Weilawa, Weilawei, _interj._ S. woe! alas! 462, 570. _See_ Gl. Sir Tr., Rits. M. R., and Chauc. [A.S. _wá la wá_, woe, lo! woe; now corrupted into _wellaway_.] Wel, _adv._ S. full, _passim._ _Wel sixti_, 1747; _wel o-bon_. _See_ On. _Wel with me_, 2878. _Wol_, 185. Wel, _n._ S. weal, wealth, prosperity (_for wel ne for wo_), 2777. Welde, _v._ S. to wield, govern (a kingdom), 129, 175; (a weapon), 1436; (possessions), 2034. _Weldes_, _pr. t. 2 p._ wieldest, governest, 1359. Wende, _v._ S. to go, 1346, 1705, 2629. _Wenden_, _pr. t. pl. subj._ 1344. _Wende_, _pr. t. pl. 2 p._ go, 1440. _Wend_, _part. pa._ turned, 2138.