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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1813
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¶WAIKE, n. ?A walk, path. The passage appears to be a confused adaptation by Hogg of the ballad Erlinton (Child No. 8), where one version reads wane, and another wauk : sake. See Wane.Slk. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake 170:
In yond grein wudde there is a waike, And in that waike there is a wene, And in that wene there is a maike, That nouther hes flesch, blude, nor bene; And dune in yond greinwudde he walkis his lene.
