Meaning & use
Wayment
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To lament or grieve; to wail in sorrow (archaic).
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The old ballad describes how the villagers wayment over their lost king.
In the poem, the widow is said to wayment through the long winter nights.
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An archaic English verb found in Middle English and Renaissance poetry, including the work of Edmund Spenser; it is no longer in ordinary use.
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