† wayour Obs.
Forms: 4 waier, wayer(e, wayh(o)ur, 4–5 wayour, 5 wayor, -owre, wayȝowr, wayir, wayr, 5–6 wayre.
[a. AF. wayour (Britton) = OF. gayoir, f. waer, gaer (mod.F. guéer) to bathe (a horse) in a pond or stream.]
A horse-pond.
| 1310 Bridgwater Corp. MSS. No. 833 Sicut itur versus le West Wayhur. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace 11186 Siþen in wayers to watre & wasche, Sythen to wype, & to mangers teye [their steeds]. 1374 Bridgwater Corp. MSS. No. 488 Iacentem in le longheyys eiusdem ville versus le Wayere. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 513/2 Wayowre, stondynge watyr [wayowr, or wayȝowr, water P.], piscina. c 1450 Burgh Secrees 1877 Slepyng wayours, watrys incertayn, Salt, bittir, and fumous. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 800/15 Hec pissina, a wayir. 1488 Maldon (Essex) Liber B fol. 39 They come to the townes ende at the wayour. 1530 Palsgr. 286/1 Wayre where water is holde, gort. |