waga

1 waga [AS wæg], weia [ME wei] 1 unit of weight (varying by commodity), wey. a1153 vaga [Scot.: vaw] debet continere xij petras, cujus pondus continet viij li. (Assisa Mens. & Pond.) APScot I 673; 1228 pro iiij waghis sepi, xxviij s. Cl 23; 1241 arestari fecit ‥ in domo Willelmi le C. xx wayas salis grossi CurR 1734; 1275 de qualibet waysa casei, butiri, et cepi Pat 94 m. 17; due waye lane faciunt unum saccum Fleta 73; 1297 in vendicione vxxx [casei] facientes v veyas ij petras Ac. Wellingb. 66; 1301 pro iiij weyis et iiij petris seepi fundat' Sacr. Ely II 19; 1303 wayza sepi debet obolum Doc. Scot. II 459; 1321 ij vagis cepi ‥ et j aga [sic MS] sepi Cl 139 m. 31; 1329 waga [plumbi] continente xxvj li. (Works) KR Ac 467/6-1; 1351 ad quale precium ‥ vaugam casei emere proponunt SessPEssex 136; 1473 x li. xx wediis ferri ExchScot 173; 1487 de x li. xx weddyis ferri Ib. 493; 1492 pro cariagio ix weiarum iij quar. frumenti et ordei (Comp. S. Aug. Bristol) Bristol Rec. Soc. IX 122; 1530 pro duobus wagis salis et dim., le waye ij d., v d. (KR Ac 518/45) EEC 195; 1550 waia salis Ib. 625. 2 weighing apparatus, ‘weigh’. 13‥ officium tronatoris et wagatoris et custodiam trone et wage RMS Scot 95.

2 waga [AN guage, wage; cf. ME waue, waghe], wave (of water). 1309 R. H. erat piscando super ripam maris, et de ~is [lacuna in MS] et sic fuit submersus (JustIt) S. Jers. XVIII 273.