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waita [ME wait(e)], watchman, wait. b watchman's fee or service. c (w. maris) coastguard service (cf. awaita). 1208 in liberatione ~e ‥ per xx ebdomadas, x s. Pipe Wint. 68; c1268 ~a commedet in aula, mercedem accipiet de camera abbatis v s. MonA II 549a; 1271 in stipend' unius geyte per annum v s. MinAc 1087/6 r. 4.  b 1184 per idem servicium quod W. mihi inde solebat facere, sc. per viij s. per annum de reditu et v d. de ~a et per alia servicia que liberi homines mei mihi faciunt Eng. Feudalism 276; 1204 G. filius Bernardi r. c. de c s. pro habenda terra duarum waitar' de Lancaveton cum pertinentiis Pipe 40; 12‥ [by the service of being watchman] weyta CalIMisc I 434.  c 1203 debet awaitam maris. ‥ et preterea debet ~am maris et teloneum sicut ceteri CurR II 274.

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