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waitinga

waitinga [? ON veiting, cf. ME waiting], (esp. Sc.) payment or service due to lord from vassal, perh. in respect of provision of hospitality. c1175 quieti sint ‥ de illo annuo redditu qui in singulis annis de eadem terra solvebatur ad ~am meam faciendam Regesta Scot. 154; 1201 fuit seisitus de servicio Liulfi ‥ sc. de xxx solidis et iiij weinting' CurR I 422; 1264 de ~a unius noctis de Fetherkern ExchScot 12 (cf. ib.: per incrementum ~e de Fetherhern de illo anno, xj m.); 1266 de waytingis de Forfar et de Glammes. ‥ expense in servicio regis xlviij vacce Ib. 6 (cf. ib. 21: computum ‥ de wattingis de Forfar); 1290 de fine pro quodam waytingo quondam ‥ Patricio debito, lxvj s. et viij d. Doc. Scot. I 117.

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