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▪ I. † vake, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. vac-uus.]
Empty.
1600Holland Livy i. xxxiii. 24 Whilest it stood void and vake, the old Latines had surprised and taken it. Ibid. xxiv. vii. 513 Certeine conspiratours..possessed themselves of a vake house, standing over a narrow lane.
▪ II. † vake, vaik, v. Sc. Obs.
Forms: α. 5 wake, 5–7 vake, 7 veak. β. 5 wayk, 5–7 vaik, 6 waik, 6–7 vaick, 7 vaike.
[ad. L. vac-āre to be empty: cf. prec. So OF. and F. vaquer, Sp. and Pg. vacar, It. vacare. With the exception of quot. 1543 in 1 α the use of the word is entirely Scottish: cf. vacand ppl. a.]
1. intr. Of a benefice, office, or position: To become or fall vacant; also, to remain vacant or unfilled.
Freq. from c 1550 to c 1650, esp. of ecclesiastical benefices.
αc1425Wyntoun Chron. v. 4110 (Cott.), Qwhen he was ded, þan dayis nyne þat se wakyt [Wemyss MS. vaikit]. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 223 For and the Archebischopryke of Ranis or Rowan vakit, and the chanouns wald ches ane Inglisman to be archebischop. 1522Douglas in Wks. (1874) I. p. cx, The beneficis and grete prelaceiis that wakis. 1543Sentleger in St. Papers Hen. VIII, III. iii. 485 Ther is a Statute here [at Waterford],..that when suche rombe shulde vake,..they shoulde then electe and chose..one Inglisheman. 1604A. Seton in G. Seton Memoir (1882) iv. 57 Quhen eiuer onye place sould vake in onye maner.
βc1550Lyndesay Tragedie 361 Quhen thare doith vaik ony benefyse. 1558Kennedy Comp. Treat. in Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) 151 Gyf ane benefice vaick, the gret men of the realme wyll haue it. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xviii. 102 Sic [a lord] as..feiris God now sen the roume dois waik. 1639Marquis of Hamilton Expl. Meaning Oath & Covenant 16 [It] also declares, that all bishopricks vaicking, or that shall vaick, shall be only disponed to actuall preachers and ministers in the Kirk. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1851) II. 204 Thus Oswall cumis bak with this ansuer, and Doctor Forbes place still vaikis. 1696in Home Papers (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 271 The Justice Clerk..disposes of the Clerk to the Justice Court his place when it vaikes.
b. Of a tack or tenancy.
1473Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 197 Gif it happynis..thar takis to wayk be ony maner of wa. 1542Records of Elgin (New Spald. Cl.) I. 69 Failȝeand heirof the forsaidis takkis to vaik eo facto.
2. Of persons:
a. To be free, to have time or leisure, for engaging in some occupation; to be occupied or busy. Const. for, on or upon (also, to wait or attend upon one), to.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 221 The law levis all clerkis to vake in scolis and in studyis to..sciences and literature. Ibid. 222 Of thame quhilkis levis all richessis..to vake thareapon. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. iii. xviii, All thir..on Venus seruice vaikis, In deidis of armis for thair ladyis saikis. 1566–7Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 497 Becaus the haill Lordis of Secreit Counsall may nocht weill vaik at all tymes for the ordouring thairof being occupiit with uther wechtie materis. a1600Montgomerie Misc. Poems xli. 29 Nou Cupid compellis Our hairtis echone On Venus vha vaikis, To muse on our maikis. a1614J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 45, I was resigned ower be my father hailelie unto him to veak upon him as his sone and servant.
b. To be at leisure or free from some occupation or business.
c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. viii. (Preach. Swallow) xxxix, Esope..Quhen that he vaikit frome mair autentik werk,..this foirsaid fabill wrait. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scotl. II. 107 Quhen he mycht vake fra temporal effayres, his exercise was ay in spiritual. a1600Montgomerie Sonn. lxv. 4 Quhan I may vaik fra service of the king.
Hence † vaked ppl. a.; † ˈvaking vbl. n. and ppl. a. Obs.
1572J. Knox in Calderw. Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) III. 766 That all bishoprics vacand may be presented..within a yeer after the vaiking therof. 1622in R. M. Fergusson A. Hume (1899) 221 They assigne to him the first vaiking Gilbrotheris fyne that sall occur to thame. 1638in A. Maxwell Hist. Old Dundee (1884) 388 Being oft times requirit, [he] would propone nothing but only ane mein [= moan] ‘Vaiked Sea!’ 1660in Crookshank Hist. Suffer. Ch. Scot. (1749) I. 59 That hereafter vaking stipends may be intromitted with by Presbyteries. |