Middle English Dictionary Entry
wāǧing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | wāǧing(e ger. Also waiing. |
| Etymology | From wāǧen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Putting up a stake, laying a wager; (b) an instance of paying wages, hiring.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)513 : Wagynge [Win: Waiing] or leyynge waiowre: Vadiacio.
b
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22:N&W)30/871 : The londes were lost .. for singuler couetice reignyng among som peple endowed with worldly goodes that cannot depart but easily withe finaunce (wagyngs) and soulde theim in tyme of nede.