waymentynge

• waymentyng, weymentyng, weymentynge
• waimenting, wamentyng (Northern, Northeast Midland)

From waymenten +‎ -ynge.

• IPA^(key): /wæi̯ˈmɛntinɡ(ə)/, /ˈwæi̯mɛntinɡ(ə)/

waymentynge

1. present participle of waymenten

• English: waymenting

waymentynge (plural waymentynges)

1. Sorrow, distress; emotional pain.
2. Lamentation; an expression of distress.
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Persons Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 236, recto:

     Penıtence / ıs þe waẏmentẏnge of man / þ^t soꝛweth foꝛ hıs sẏnne / and pẏneth hẏm self / foꝛ he hath mysdoon

     "Penitence is the lamentation of someone who regrets their sin, and scourges themself since they have acted wrongly."

• English: waymenting
• ⇒ Middle Scots: womenting, womentyng (influenced by wo (“woe”))

• “waimenting(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.