waymenten

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === waymente, weymanton, weymentyn waiment (Northern) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman waimenter (central Old French guaimenter), a blend of wai (“woe”) and lamenter (“to lament”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wæi̯ˈmɛntən/, /ˈwæi̯mɛntən/ === Verb === waymenten (third-person singular simple present waymenteth, present participle waymentende, waymentynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle waymented) (usually intransitive) To grieve or suffer; to experience distress. (usually intransitive) To wail or lament; to express distress. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: wayment (obsolete) ==== References ==== “waimenten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “wayment, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.