Wayment

Wayment , intransitive verb

[Old English waymenten, Old French waimenter, gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic origin; see Woe) and Latin lamentari to lament. See Lament.]

To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Obsolete]

Thilke science... maketh a man to waymenten. — Chaucer

For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced? — Spenser

Wayment , noun

Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Obsolete] — Spenser