What does "wayment" mean?

Wayment: To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.] Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten. Chaucer. For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced Spenser.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.] Spenser.

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