Middle English Dictionary Entry
awaite adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | awaite adj. |
| Etymology | Cp. awaite adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
On watch, lurking; watchful, vigilant.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)49b/a : Peruigil: awayte.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.105r : Nat all onlych Englisshmen but Brutones Scottes Pictes .. dradde his armes and power; then was non opyn thef ne pryuy theof awayte to vndo maydenhode or clene spoused non reuour of othures heritage.