− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''weif'', ''waif'', from Anglo-French, from ''waif'', adjective, stray, unclaimed, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ''veif'' something flapping, ''veifa'' to be in movement | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''weif'', ''waif'', from Anglo-French, from ''waif'', adjective, stray, unclaimed, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ''veif'' something flapping, ''veifa'' to be in movement |