Middle English Dictionary Entry
wafte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wafte n. |
| Etymology | From waften v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. waf n.
1.
A blast or gust (of wind).
Associated quotations
- a1475 Sidrak & B.in Centaurus 12 (LdMisc 559)217/5286 : Wafte [Lnsd: Rein is of þe watir in þe see, And with blast of winde mounteþ he].