Middle English Dictionary Entry
wauī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | wauī adj. Also wawi, wawẹ̄. |
| Etymology | From wau(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Full of or characterized by waves, billowy; also in fig. context;
(b) ?inclined to quiver; ?wrinkled;—prob. error for quavi adj.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3938 : In þe see is calme and blaundisching From trouble of wynde and wawy boilynge, And from tempest is smoþe to eskape.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8095 : Some dreint…deuourid of þe wawe se.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)19244 : I worke…ffor to cacche…Alle pylgrymes…That swymmen in the wawy see Off this world, fful off disseyte.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)123a/a : Whanne þe bodies of wommen þat goþ wiþ childe in wintir ben hote & moist, þanne þey ben tendre, wauy, & nouȝt sadde [L tenera…et rava].