WA|s, imp. s. be, S, Comb.:  wA|s hail, be hale, S; wA|s hA|il, S; wassail, S; wassayl, S.—­ONorth. wA|s, AS. wes, imp. s. of wesan, to be.

WA|s, pt. s. was, S; see Was.

Waff, v. to waft, lift up, raise, bear, SkD, JD; wafte, pt. s., S2.—­Icel. vAifa, to wave, vibrate.

Wafre, sb. a thin small cake, wafer, CM, PP; wafur, Prompt., Voc.—­AF. wafre (F. gaufre); O. Dutch 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. vAiA deg.i.

Waith, v. to hunt, fish.—­Icel. veiA deg.a, to catch, hunt; cp.  AS. wA|*A deg.an, to hunt, to wander (Grein).  Related to F. gagner (see Brachet).  See Gaignage.

Waith, sb. game, sport, a ‘take,’ S3, JD.—­Icel. veiA deg.r; cp.  OHG. weida (Otfrid), see Weigand (s.v. weide).

Waithing, sb. what is taken in hunting or fishing, JD, S3.

Wak, adj. wet, moist, S3, SkD (s.v. wake). Der.:  waknes, moistness, JD.—­Cp.  Du. wak, Icel. vAkr; cp.  Icel. vAk (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. wA cubedc, 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.