Middle English Dictionary Entry
waiǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | waiǒur n. Also waioure, waior, waier(e, waiir & (in names) waihour, wai(h)ur, waihore, weiour. |
| Etymology | AF wayour, waier, from Gmc.; cp. F (16th cent.) gayoir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. wē̆r(e n.(1), which overlaps this word in both form and meaning.
1.
(a) A watering place for horses, horsepond; also, a pond for bathing or fishing;
(b) in surnames and place names.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)68 : A wayre [Gloss Bibbesw. 903=AF Wayour] me hath proprely..Fore oxen & hors beþ y watered And al oþer bestes y wasshe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)513 : Wayowre, stondynge watyr: Piscina.
- (1449) *Court R.Great Waltham [OD col.](1st occurrence) : [Johannes Wyseman scuraret anum] wayor [vocat.] Godwynes wayor.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11186 : Þen mighte men se þe ladies lede Many fair palfray & stede In mud, in mires, to soille & dasche, Siþen in wayers to watre & wasche.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1877 : Off slepyng wayours watrys incertayn, Salt, bittir, and fumous.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)76.36 (v.2: p.68) : Where it lay was made a wattryng wayre [L probatica piscina] in which the peplis clepid Nathanei wesshen in the hoostis which shuld ben offrid in the temple.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)800/15 : Pissina: a wayir.
b
- (1296) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames374 : Henry ate Wayhore.
- (1310) *Bridgewater Corporation MS 833 [OD col.] : [Sicut itur versus] le West Wayhur.
- (1326) *Bridgewater Corporation MS 260 [OD col.] : [Sicut itur versus] le West Wayhour.
- (1327) in Kristensson ME Local Surnames20 : Laur. Atte Waiur.
- (1353) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)594 : Le Weyourwyk.
- (1374) *Bridgewater Corporation MS 488 [OD col.] : [Iacentem in le longheyys eiusdem ville versus] le Wayere.
- (1382) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)594 : Ruwenhaleswayour.
- (1398) *Bridgewater Corporation MS 273 [OD col.] : [Iuxta] le West Waier.
- (1406) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)260 : Smarteswayer.
- (1426) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)594 : Wayoriscroft.
- (1447) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)350 : Wayourbrynke.
- (1474) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)260 : Le Wayer.