Wayusaccha (or Vayusacca), in HindCi mj'- thology, is a surname of the god Agni (fire); it signi- a^s friend of the air.
"Wazo, bishop of Liege, w^is born probably in the eighth decade of the 10th century. His name was originally Walter or Warner. He came under the no- tice of bishop Notger, and was a<lmitted into the semi- nary for the clergy at Liege, in time becoming its chap- lain, canon of the cathedral, and magister scholarura. In 1017 he was made dean, and authorized to share in the administration of the secular property of the chap- ter. In this position he displayed so much strictness towards inferiors and so much self-assertion towards su- periors as to make many enemies. The bishop, Wol- podo, took active part against him by exciting the pas- sions of the peasants and disturbing the peace of the school to such a degree as involved the life of Wazo in danger and induced him to resign the leadership of the school. In A.D. 10150 the emperor Conrad chose Wazo to be one of his chaplains. Two years later he was made provost and archdeacon of Liege. In 1037 his in- fluence secured the election of bishop to the youthful Nithard; but when the latter died, in 1041, Wazo was compelled by the unanimous voice to assume episcopal functions himself. In his new position he displayed in- dependence in administering the Church, and unequalled force and skill in the contluct of civil affairs, such as were then under the control of the bishops of the Church. He refused to obey the emperor's behest and pronounce sentence upon archbishop Wigger of Ravenna, who had been convicted of deviating from the customs of the Church in a certain matter, on the groinid tliat Wigger was an Italian, anil subject tlierefore to the pope rather than the emperor. He also braved the emperor's anger with the declaration that a pope could be judged of <Jod only, and that therefore Henry HI had no author- ity to fill the pontifical chair vacated by the Synod of Sutri in 1046. Wazo further angered the emperor bj' collecting forces and participating in the wars against the Lorraine rebels, who had threatened the peace and property of his diocese, and carried on a campaign of murder and pillage. The court held that Wazo had taken up arms from motives of personal aggrandizement and love of war; and when he refused to take ailvan- tage of the conduct of lady I)c JMons, who wished to de- liver up her husband as guilty of high-treason, his loy- alty came under suspicion. In the meantime Wazo wrote repeated letters to tlie king of France, dissuading hira from prosecuting an alleged claim upon the posses- sion of Lorraine, for which attemjjt troops were already collected. Nothing, however, could regain for him the emperor's favor, and he was eventually brought to un- dergo a public humiliation, and pay a fine for an act of alleged disobedience. As bishop, Wazo was a zealous patron of schools; a liberal benefactor of the poor and
needy ; a tolerant critic of heretical opinions. He de- nied the power of bishops to pronounce sentence of death upon heretics. He was also deeply pious. It is stated, indeed, that he avoided in his clothing totiiis su- perstilionis ii/pii.'^, i. e. wore no cilicitnn ; but he never- theless mortified the fiesh. He died July 8, 1047. The material for a life of Wazo is furnished by Anselm, can- on of Liege (died about 10.56), in his Gesta Episc. Leo- dieudnm, c. 39-73. See Pertz, Monum. Jlist. Script. vii, 210-233 ; Fisen, Sancta Legia, i, 158 sq. ; Stenzel, Gesc/i. Deutschlunds u. d. frank. Kaisern, vol. i; Giese- brecht, Gesch. d. dtutsch. Kaisei'zeit, vol. ii. — Herzog, Real- /''/iri/klop. s. v.
"Wealth. See Riches.
Wean (?^5, from the completion of the infant at that time). Most Oriental mothers suckle their chil- dren much longer than is usual in Europe, and the same custom seems to have prevailed among the ancient He- brews. When Samuel was w^eaneti, he was old enough to be left with Eli for the service of the tabernacle (1 Sam. i, 24). As no public provision was made for the children of priests and Levites until they were three years of age, it is probable that thej' were not weaned sooner (2 Chron. xxxi, 16 ; 2 Mace, vii, 27). In India a boy is not taken from the breast until he is three years of age; but throughout the East a girl is gener- ally weaned within the first or second year. " Abra- ham made a great feast when Isaac was weaned" (Gen. xxi, 8), and the same custom prevails among the Hin- diis and Persians. See Child.
Weapon (usually "^53, ottXoj/, which denote an instrument of any kind). Among the Hebrews we find, in general, the same kinds of militarj' weapons mentioned (I Sam. xvii, 5 sq. ; 2 Chron. xxvi, 14; Neh. iv, 13, 16; Ezek. xxxix, 9; comp. Philo, 0pp. ii, 530) as among other warlike nations of antiquity (see Herod, vii, 61 sq.). We can therefore determine little about their precise form or material, except so far as monuments or modern usage enables us to draw a comparison. We note the following kinds (comp. 2 Cor. vi, 7, oTrXa ; Ct^id Kai api(TTtpd, Diod. Sic. iii, 54; ffKtTracyrifpia, dj-im'Tijpia, Lat. nrma et tela; see Bremi on Nepos, xiv, 11) :