wathe

Meaning

Noun

• The pursuit of game; hunting.
• Game; prey.
• Peril; harm; danger.

Origin

• From Middle English wathe, waith, wayth, from Old English wāþ and Old Norse veiðr, both from Proto-Germanic *waiþō, *waiþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *weye-. Cognate with Dutch weide, German Weide, Icelandic veiði.
• From Middle English wathe, wothe, from Old Norse váði.