Wail
Wail , transitive verb
[Compare Icelandic val choice, velja to choose, akin to Gothic waljan, German wahlen.]
To choose; to select. [Obsolete]
Wailed wine and meats.
Wail , transitive verb
[Old English wailen, weilen, probably from Icelandic vala; compare Icelandic va, vei, woe, and English wayment, also Old English wai, wei, woe. Compare Woe.]
To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. — Shakespeare
Wail , intransitive verb
To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
Therefore I will wail and howl.
Wail , noun
Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
The wail of the forest.