wayment

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wayment, v. i. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten."  [1913 Webster]
"For what boots it to weep and wayment,
When ill is chanced?"  [1913 Webster]

wayment, n. 

 Grief; lamentation; mourning.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]