wathe (uncountable)
From Middle English wathe, wothe, from Old Norse váði (“danger, injury”).
From Middle English wathe, waith, wayth, from Old English wāþ (“wandering, journey; pursuit, hunt, hunting, chase”) and Old Norse veiðr (“hunt, chase”), both from Proto-Germanic *waiþō, *waiþiz (“hunt, pasture, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *weye- (“to drive”). Cognate with Dutch weide (“meadow, pasture”), German Weide (“pasture, meadow, grassland”), Icelandic veiði (“hunting”).