The action of guarding the person or life of one's lord; attendance as a guard upon one's lord.

A ‘wake’ over a dead person.

A wake. Obsolete.

The watch kept at night over a dead body.

The watching (esp. by night) of relatives and friends beside the body of a dead person from death to burial, or during a part of that time; the…

= lyke-wake, n.

The action of watching, or keeping watch and ward; dialect a keeping watch or holding a ‘wake’ over a corpse.