Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wayment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wayment \Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waymented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Waymenting}.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter,
gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic
origin; see {Woe}) and L. lamentari to lament. See {Lament}.]
To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also {waiment}.]
[Obs.]
Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
--Chaucer.
For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is
chanced? --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wayment \Way"ment\, n.
Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also {waiment}.]
[Obs.] --Spenser.
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