n (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. (defdate|Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17th century.)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =6| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
n (obsolete) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. (defdate|Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.)
n (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling. (defdate|Attested from the late 16th century to the late 17th century.)
v (transitive|obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage. (defdate|Attested from the late 16th century to the mid 17th century.)
v (intransitive|obsolete) To be ominous. (defdate|Attested from the mid 17th century to the late 17th century.)