Obs. Also 4 veille, 5 veyle. [a. OF. veille:—L. vigilia waking, watching.] A watcher or watchman.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. V. 223. Sleuþe for serwe fel doun i-swowene Til vigilate þe veil fette water at his eiȝen [Harl. MS. Til … vigilate þe wakere warned him þo].
1480. Caxton, Myrr., III. viii. (1913), 147. Thus is he [i.e., the sun] the right veyle and patrone of all the other sterres.
