An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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 fis.h.i.+ng.
_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._
