wiege

_Kindelwiegen_ the lay-folk were brought into most intimate touch with the Christ Child; the crib became a cradle (_wiege_) that could be rocked, and the worshippers were thus able to express in physical action their devotion to the new-born Babe.

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles

And the Cassidy — Craddock rome and reme round e’er a wiege ne’er a waage is still immer and immor awagering over it, a cradle with a care in it or a casket with a kick behind.

Finnegans Wake 2006