Wail \Wail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wailing.]

[OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. v[ae]la; cf. Icel. v[ae], vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. Woe.]

To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)